The Washington Monument is a 555-ft-tall (169 m.) obelisk built between 1848 and 1884 in honor of the first President of the United States, George Washington. It is the tallest freestanding masonry structure in the world. Washington National Monument Society. Washington Monument. As early as 1783, when George Washington was still alive, plans by Pierre Charles l’Enfant for an equestrian statue of Washington were approved by Congress.
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- Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845–1848. Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove.
- The Washington monument has lived over 220 years and it is the tallest building in Washington DC.
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- The Washington National Monument Society, formed in 1833, raised funds for a design competition, but no plans realized their expectations.
- From concept to construction to completion, the Washington Monument has been a focal point of the nation's capital for more than 150 years.
- Millions of people walk along Washington’s National Mall and pause to stare up at the giant obelisk that is the Washington Monument.
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- Washington, DC, ABD'de bulunmaktadır, şehrin en önemli sembollerinden birisidir. Ülkenin kurucusu George Washington anısına yaptırılmıştır.
- The Washington Monument is a hollow Egyptian style stone obelisk with a 500-foot (152.4 m) tall column surmounted by a 55-foot (16.8 m) tall pyramidion.
- As early as 1888, an average of 55,000 people a month went to the top, and today the Washington Monument has more than 800,000 visitors each year.
