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12 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Washington Monument
The original design the Washington National Monument Society sought to build is far different from the classic Egyptian-style obelisk we see standing today. The original design, according to ...
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Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
It wasn’t until the early 1830s that serious planning commenced for the Washington Monument, Washington’s first major memorial, which owed its origins to L’Enfant’s drawings. After the ...
Mount Rushmore: Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln ... and Trump?
Since 1941, there have been four iconic faces on Mount Rushmore. But, could that change soon? Florida Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna recently proposed to add President Donald Trump’s face ...