Posted on Dec 6, 2020
Why is There a Pyramid Atop the Washington Monument?
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Washington Monument completed December 06, 1884 This Day in History
Washington Monument completed December 06, 1884 This Day in History On this day in 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop...
Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for reminding us that on December 6, 1884, an aluminum capstone was set atop the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument completed December 06, 1884 This Day in History
On this day in 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction of an impressive monument to the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president, George Washington. As early as 1783, the infant U.S. Congress decided that a statue of George Washington, the great Revolutionary War general, should be placed near the site of the new Congressional building, wherever it might be. After then-President Washington asked him to lay out a new federal capital on the Potomac River in 1791, architect Pierre L’Enfant left a place for the statue at the western end of the sweeping National Mall (near the monument’s present location).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyOShXZK9sQ
Washington Monument completed December 06, 1884 This Day in History
On this day in 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction of an impressive monument to the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president, George Washington. As early as 1783, the infant U.S. Congress decided that a statue of George Washington, the great Revolutionary War general, should be placed near the site of the new Congressional building, wherever it might be. After then-President Washington asked him to lay out a new federal capital on the Potomac River in 1791, architect Pierre L’Enfant left a place for the statue at the western end of the sweeping National Mall (near the monument’s present location).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyOShXZK9sQ
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