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How to Tour the Washington Monument in DC
DC building height laws restrict most buildings to no more than 160 feet tall. As a freestanding structure, the 555-foot ...
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Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington ... Greek monument in a spot that was, at the time, a remote area. Ximena Lanz, 10, from Linwood, New Jersey, cools her feet in the ...
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12 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Washington Monument
An iconic American historical landmark located in Washington DC’s National Mall, the monument is a stone obelisk stretching 555 feet into the ... for the expected height of the structure and ...
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The White House and the Washington Monument
Standing just shy of 555 ½ feet, the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world at its completion in 1884. Nowadays, you can ride one of the monument's glass-encased elevators to ...
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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is about 745 feet tall, and an American football field is about 360 feet long. Stock image of an asteroid ...