WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Washington, USA. Ticket (2010)

WASHINGTON MONUMENT
Washington

Ticket Nº 0000006200896
08.09.2010, 12:00 PM

The Washington Monument is a 555-foot (169 m) tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Construction of the presidential memorial began in 1848. The construction was suspended from 1854 to 1877 due to funding challenges, a struggle for control over the Washington National Monument Society, and the American Civil War. The stone structure was completed in 1884, and the internal ironwork, the knoll, and installation of memorial stones was completed in 1888.

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