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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.
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 grounds of the incomplete monument were known as the Beef Depot, the Cattle Meadow, and the Washington National Monument Cattle Yard during the Civil War. August 2, 1876 Congress appropriates $2 million in federal funds to complete the construction of the Washington Monument.
13 Ιουλ 2021 · History of The Washington Monument. The Washington Monument was designed by architect Robert Mills, and is made out of marble, granite, and sandstone. It was completed on 6 December 1884, almost thirty years after Mills’ death.
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. The structure was completed in two phases of construction, one private (1848-1854) and one public (1876-1884).
28 Δεκ 2023 · Immediately after George Washington—hero of the Revolution, Father of His Country—died on December 14, 1799, Congress declared a period of national mourning and proposed a memorial to the first President. Over the subsequent years, the government endorsed several efforts to build a monument to Washington in the national capital named for him.
