The Washington monument illustrated; complete guide and history; authentic facts and figures; pictorial city of Washington . their ownpublic dehberations and inventions so that the like of such a nation, one so remark-able, does not exist in ancient or modern times. Among the people of the GreatWest can any man, in ancient or modern times, fail to pronounce Washington Peer-less? This Stone is Presented by a Company of Christians and engraved at Ningpuin the Province of Che Heang, China, this Third Year of the Reign of the EmperorHe-en Fung, Sixth Month and Seventh Day (July 12th, 1853). Stone
The Washington monument illustrated; complete guide and history; authentic facts and figures; pictorial city of Washington . their ownpublic dehberations and inventions so that the like of such a nation, one so remark-able, does not exist in ancient or modern times. Among the people of the GreatWest can any man, in ancient or modern times, fail to pronounce Washington Peer-less? This Stone is Presented by a Company of Christians and engraved at Ningpuin the Province of Che Heang, China, this Third Year of the Reign of the EmperorHe-en Fung, Sixth Month and Seventh Day (July 12th, 1853). Stone from the Temple of Rome Stolen. One of the stones contributed was a block of African marble from the Templeof Concord of Rome, and was the gift of the Pope. It bore the inscription Rome toAmerica. In March, 1854, during the Know-Nothing excitement, the lapidariumwhere the memorial blocks were kept, was forcibly entered, and this stone wastaken and, it is supposed, was thrown into the Potomac. A reward for its returnwas offered, but the stone up to this date has not been recovered, and its hidingplace remains a View From Top of the Washington Monument—Looking North Corcoran Art Gallerv State, War and Navy Building White House 5 V^^^^^^^^^^^I^^^B^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K, M ^ tL^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^ *i^ JKvSfl^l^l^^^^^^ll^^^H ^^^^JkjMHK^^sG^^I View From Top of the Washington Monument—Looking East The Mall The Capitol National Museum Smithsonian Institution Dcpt. of Agriculture It^m trnm th^ (Lop of tl)^ iMnnumwt Costs the Government $11,000 annually. The Washington Monument stands on a site selected by George Wash-ington in the year 1783. It is close by the banks of the Potomac, surroundedby forty acres of beautiful sloping mounds and terraces, and but a fractionaldistance from the Jeffersonian meridian, which passes due north and south throughthe center of the White House, and due east and west through the center of theCapitol. (See the stone at the
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