Washington Monument
About Washington Monument
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. Standing east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument is made of bluestone gneiss for the foundation and of granite for the construction. The outside facing consists of three different kinds of white marble, as the building process was repeatedly interrupted. The monument stands 554 feet 7+11⁄32 inches (169.046 m) tall, according to U.S. National Geodetic Survey measurements in 2013 and 2014. It is the third tallest monumental column in the world, trailing only the Juche Tower in Pyongyang, and the San Jacinto Monument in Houston, Texas. It was the world's tallest structure between 1884 and 1889, after which it was overtaken by the Eiffel Tower, in Paris.
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The Washington Monument was almost destroyed even before it was fully made, when all the materials were being donated. The Pope donated a beautiful rock to go to it.
from 250: No Such Thing As The Mysterious Chamber, 2019-01-04 at 00:08:59 · read transcript
Other times Washington Monument came up
No. Stan Monroe, 10 years ago, his wife had a few operations. While she was having her operations, Stan Monroe needed to take his mind off things and so started to build stuff out of toothpicks. He has built the most buildings out of toothpicks of anyone in the world. He says the quickest one he had to do was the Washington Monument. Even though it's really big. One toothpick.
381: No Such Thing As A Safe Toothpick, 2021-07-09 · listen
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