Finally, after decades of delays, the capstone was set on December 6, 1884, and the monument was officially dedicated on February 21, 1885. Interesting Facts about Washington Monument You Should ...

Then the Civil War hit and, long story short, construction didn't resume until 1879 when President U.S. Grant authorized federal funding for the monument. It was completed in 1884 and formally ...

On Dec. 6, 1884 — 36 years after construction had begun — the 3,300-pound aluminum capstone was placed atop the obelisk, making the Washington Monument, at 555 feet, the world’s tallest ...

The monument was built in two phases between 1848 and 1884. When it was completed, it was the world's tallest structure for five years until it was eclipsed by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Construction on the Washington Monument began on July 4, 1848, and was suspended between 1854-1877, in part, for lack of funding and the Civil War. It resumed in 1879 and was completed in 1884 ...

This month marks the 139th anniversary of the Washington Monument with construction wrapping up on the D.C. landmark in December of 1884. The 39 years it took to build the world’s tallest stone ...

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., dedicated to George Washington, was completed on Dec. 6, 1884, after nearly four decades of construction.

Built in two phases in 1848 and 1884 and subsequently dedicated in 1885, the Washington Monument — a marble-faced granite obelisk that honors the first U.S. president, George Washington ...

On Dec. 6, 1884, in a ceremony that lasted 15 minutes, the aluminum capstone was placed atop the Washington Monument. A cannon fired to celebrate the completion of the structure, which had been ...

In early 19th-century Washington, D.C., the already dysfunctional U.S. Congress couldn’t come to a consensus on what a monument to the first president might look like or how to pay for it.

The monument itself was completed in 1884, at which point the 555-foot structure became the tallest in the world. It retained that record for five years, until the Eiffel Tower in Paris was finished.