Preface: A fascinating shape -- The Father of his country -- The gift of the Nile -- Building a stump -- Stealing obelisks -- Paris and London take their prizes -- Reaching the top -- Securing New ...
The Washington Monument we see today is not what it's architect planned. The Washington Monument we know today is an iconic, simple obelisk — but it wasn't always supposed to look that way! The ...
A rich, generous history buff says he'll pony up the $7.5 million needed to fix the earthquake damage to the Washington Monument. It's going to take $15 million to fix the cracked obelisk, and only ...