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The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
30 Οκτ 2024 · Washington Monument, obelisk in Washington, D.C., honouring George Washington, the first president of the United States. Constructed of granite faced with Maryland marble, the structure is 55 feet (16.8 metres) square at the base and 554 feet 7 inches (169 metres) high and weighs an estimated.
Washington Monument Construction Timeline. The Washington National Monument Society is founded by Chief Justice John Marshall, who served as the first president of society; George Watterston, Librarian of Congress; and former president James Madison, who became president of the society after Marshall's death in 1835.
13 Ιουλ 2021 · It was completed on 6 December 1884, almost thirty years after Mills’ death. The Washington Monument was constructed in honour of the first president of the United States of America, George Washington, who was considered to be the ‘Father of the Country’.
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot-tall obelisk honoring George Washington on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. operated by the National Park Service. Proposed in the year 1800 and begun in 1848, it was not opened to the public until 1888.
The Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills was built in Washington D.C, Estados Unidos in 1848-1854, 1876-1888. It was then remodeled in 1934, 1964, 1998-2001, 2004-2005. It is 169.29 m high, 16.80 m wide.
The Washington Monument, designed by Robert Mills and eventually completed by Thomas Casey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, honors and memorializes George Washington at the center of the nation's capital.
