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WMON_201102_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2020_11_02G2_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (2 photos from 11/02/2020) The Washington Monument had reopened on October 1 after closing in March because of COVID.
Washington Monument
How Can I Get Tickets?
* Tickets are only available on-line from Recreation.gov
* Tickets may be obtained on-line at 10am for next day entry.
* Each ticket is good for up to four people traveling together.
COVID Safety
* The number of tickets distributed is limited to ensure proper distancing.
* Face coverings are required while inside the Washington Monument.
WMON_201102_04.JPG: Note the ticket place is to the right and then men's room door is open. Many of the sites on the Mall were being boarded up because of expected election violence so it was nice to find an open bathroom.
WMON_200802_01.JPG: It was nice to have the NPS bathrooms open again!
WMON_200802_06.JPG: Site Closed
As a public health precaution, the Washington Monument is temporarily closed for the safety of staff and visitors.
Updates will be posted to the park website, www.nps.gov/wamo, and on Twitter and Facebook: @NationalMallNPS
WMON_200802_16.JPG: The gift shop was open too!
WMON_200802_20.JPG: Welcome back
Current hours of operation
10:00am to 6:00pm
Thank you
WMON_200802_23.JPG: Your health is our #1 priority!
Here are the actions you may take:
* Please maintain the six-foot physical distancing requirements
* Adhere to maximum occupancy guidelines where applicable
* In accordance with CDC recommendations, we strongly encourage anyone over the age of 2 to wear a face covering when entering our park store unless doing so would inhibit your health.
[Note that it's "strongly encourage" vs "require"]
WMON_200509_01.JPG: In commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Washington Monument
1884-1984
Walkways donated July 11, 1984 by the members and friends of the National Society of Professional Engineers in observance of the Society's fiftieth anniversary
WMON_200509_16.JPG: Luckily, the men's room was probably accidentally left unlocked so I could use it. I found this out when a woman walked out while I was approaching it. The women's room was locked.
WMON_200509_19.JPG: Site Closed
As a public health precaution, the Washington Monument is temporarily closed for the safety of staff and visitors.
Updates will be posted to the park website, www.nps.gov/wamo, and on Twitter and Facebook: @NationalMallNPS
WMON_200314_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2020_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (16 photos from 2020) Site Closed
As a public health precaution, the Washington Monument is temporarily closed for the safety of staff and visitors.
Updates will be posted to the park website, www.nps.gov/wamo, and on Twitter and Facebook: @NationalMallNPS
WMON_190922_01_STITCH.JPG: People lining up for the free tickets to go up into the Washington Monument. Notice them in the distance as well. This was just before 9am. I got in line at 7:30am and by the time I got up to the ticket window, the first tickets I could get were for 10am. They had all been handed out for the day by then.
WMON_190922_23.JPG: Morning line-up for tickets
WMON_190214_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2019_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (21 photos from 2019)
WMON_180117_01_STITCH.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2018_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (12 photos from 2018)
WMON_180117_04.JPG: Washington Monument
Closed Indefinitely for Repairs
The national Park Service is modernizing the elevator to increase long-term reliability.
For updates on the elevator repair:
nps.gov/wamo/planyourvisit
@WashingtonMonumentNPS
@NationalMallNPS
For park programs:
nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/calendar
WMON_180117_11.JPG: A Monumental Legacy
National Mall and Memorial Parks
The Washington Monument honors George Washington, hero of the American Revolution and first president of the United States. When this stunning stone obelisk was completed in 1884, it was the tallest building in the world. Today the monument towers over Washington, DC, reminding us of Washington's life and legacy, including the capital city that bears his name.
The Washington Monument is closed until spring 2019
Mechanical, electrical, and computer issues have shuttered the monument since August 17, 2016.
Businessman and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein pledged funding for the National Park Service to modernize the elevator. Rubenstein's gift to the National Park Foundation's Centennial Campaign for America's National Parks will allow the National Park Service to replace the computer system, add a remote diagnostics, refurbish the elevator machine and gear, replacing existing hardware, and install audio/visual screens.
WMON_180117_19.JPG: The Washington Monument is closed until spring 2019
Mechanical, electrical, and computer issues have shuttered the monument since August 17, 2016.
Businessman and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein pledged funding for the National Park Service to modernize the elevator. Rubenstein's gift to the National Park Foundation's Centennial Campaign for America's National Parks will allow the National Park Service to replace the computer system, add a remote diagnostics, refurbish the elevator machine and gear, replacing existing hardware, and install audio/visual screens.
WMON_180117_22.JPG: Washington Monument
Closed Indefinitely for Repairs
The national Park Service is modernizing the elevator to increase long-term reliability.
For updates on the elevator repair:
nps.gov/wamo/planyourvisit
@WashingtonMonumentNPS
@NationalMallNPS
For park programs:
nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/calendar
WMON_180117_28.JPG: Washington: The City
National Mall and Memorial Parks
George Washington shaped many aspects of the nation's capital. He championed placing the capital along the Potomac River then personally selected the site. He chose architect Pierre L'Enfant to design the city. L'Enfant envisioned a capital with symbolically-placed key buildings, a cross-grid street system with intersections for future commemorative sites. At its center, L'Enfant planned a grand space known as the Mall, with the houses of government perched on its edges and a monument to George Washington at its cross-axis. The basic concepts of L'Enfant's design still can be seen today.
Slow Progress:
In 1836 the Washington National Monument Society held a contest to design the monument. Architect Robert Mills proposed a stone pillar, or "obelisk", rising from a low building surrounded by columns. This design was later simplified into the clean lines you see today.
WMON_180117_34.JPG: Washington: The Monument
National Mall and Memorial Parks
The Washington Monument honors George Washington, hero of the American Revolution and the first president of the United States. When this stunning stone obelisk was completed in 1884, it was the tallest building in the world. Today the monument towers over Washington, DC, reminding us of Washington's life and legacy.
Just the facts:
Height: 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches
Steps: 896
Stones: about 36,000
Weight: 81,000 tons (as much as 6,480 school buses)
150 feet up the stones change color because they came from different quarries during two construction periods.
Soldiers drill on the White House Ellipse during the Civil War. The monument behind them remains unfinished. (Library of Congress)
WMON_180117_39.JPG: Soldiers drill on the White House Ellipse during the Civil War. The monument behind them remains unfinished. (Library of Congress)
WMON_180117_42.JPG: Just the facts:
Height: 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches
Steps: 896
Stones: about 36,000
Weight: 81,000 tons (as much as 6,480 school buses)
150 feet up the stones change color because they came from different quarries during two construction periods.
WMON_180117_48.JPG: Washington: The Man
National Mall and Memorial Parks
"He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man."
-- Thomas Jefferson, January 2, 1814
George Washington shaped the United States in both war and peace. He led the Continental Army against the British in the American Revolution. After eight long years, his small force defeated the world's strongest military. The new nation looked to Washington as a unifying figure, electing him the first President of the United States of America. Washington helped define the presidency by leaving office after two terms, setting the precedent of a peaceful transition of power.
WMON_171111_55.JPG: A group of kids were trying to get a sunset shot and were failing so I helped out. I have no idea if they ever got this photo.
WMON_171111_67.JPG: Sunset at the Washington Monument. on Vetarans Day
WMON_171109_01.JPG: A Monumental Legacy
National Mall and Memorial Parks
The Washington Monument honors George Washington, hero of the American Revolution and first president of the United States. When this stunning stone obelisk was completed in 1884, it was the tallest building in the world. Today the monument towers over Washington, DC, reminding us of Washington's life and legacy, including the capital city that bears his name.
The Washington Monument is closed until spring 2019
Mechanical, electrical, and computer issues have shuttered the monument since August 17, 2016.
Businessman and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein pledged funding for the National Park Service to modernize the elevator. Rubenstein's gift to the National Park Foundation's Centennial Campaign for America's National Parks will allow the National Park Service to replace the computer system, add a remote diagnostics, refurbish the elevator machine and gear, replacing existing hardware, and install audio/visual screens.
WMON_170418_01.JPG: Washington: The Man
National Mall and Memorial Parks
"He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man."
-- Thomas Jefferson, January 2, 1814
George Washington shaped the United States in both war and peace. He led the Continental Army against the British in the American Revolution. After eight long years, his small force defeated the world's strongest military. The new nation looked to Washington as a unifying figure, electing him the first President of the United States of America. Washington helped define the presidency by leaving office after two terms, setting the precedent of a peaceful transition of power.
WMON_170418_14.JPG: Washington: The Monument
National Mall and Memorial Parks
The Washington Monument honors George Washington, hero of the American Revolution and the first president of the United States. When this stunning stone obelisk was completed in 1884, it was the tallest building in the world. Today the monument towers over Washington, DC, reminding us of Washington's life and legacy.
Just the facts:
Height: 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches
Steps: 896
Stones: about 36,000
Weight: 81,000 tons (as much as 6,480 school buses)
150 feet up the stones change color because they came from different quarries during two construction periods.
Soldiers drill on the White House Ellipse during the Civil War. The monument behind them remains unfinished. (Library of Congress)
WMON_170418_28.JPG: Soldiers drill on the White House Ellipse during the Civil War. The monument behind them remains unfinished.
WMON_170418_34.JPG: Washington: The City
National Mall and Memorial Parks
George Washington shaped many aspects of the nation's capital. He championed placing the capital along the Potomac River then personally selected the site. He chose architect Pierre L'Enfant to design the city. L'Enfant envisioned a capital with symbolically-placed key buildings, a cross-grid street system with intersections for future commemorative sites. At its center, L'Enfant planned a grand space known as the Mall, with the houses of government perched on its edges and a monument to George Washington at its cross-axis. The basic concepts of L'Enfant's design still can be seen today.
Slow Progress:
In 1836 the Washington National Monument Society held a contest to design the monument. Architect Robert Mills proposed a stone pillar, or "obelisk", rising from a low building surrounded by columns. This design was later simplified into the clean lines you see today.
WMON_170418_39.JPG: Slow Progress:
In 1836 the Washington National Monument Society held a contest to design the monument. Architect Robert Mills proposed a stone pillar, or "obelisk", rising from a low building surrounded by columns. This design was later simplified into the clean lines you see today.
WMON_170418_41.JPG: Slow Progress:
In 1836 the Washington National Monument Society held a contest to design the monument. Architect Robert Mills proposed a stone pillar, or "obelisk", rising from a low building surrounded by columns. This design was later simplified into the clean lines you see today.
WMON_170408_26.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2017_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (17 photos from 2017)
WMON_160630_05.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2016_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (1 photo from 2016) Warning: No Drone Zone
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WMON_150508_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2015_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (2 photos from 2015) In commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Washington Monument
1884-1984
Walkways donated July 11, 1984 by the members and friends of the National Society of Professional Engineers in observance of the Society's fiftieth anniversary
WMONC1_140512_001_STITCH.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2014_DC_WMon_ReopeningC_140512 DC -- Washington Monument Reopening Event -- Ceremony (124 photos from 2014)
WMONC1_140512_003.JPG: Al Roker
WMONC1_140512_022.JPG: Robert A. Vogel, Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks
WMONC1_140512_040.JPG: Caroline L. Cunningham and David Rubenstein
WMONC1_140512_047.JPG: Sally Jewel, Secretary, Department of the Interior
John Podesta, Special Advisor to President Obama (and White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton)
WMONC1_140512_054.JPG: Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of the District of Columbia
WMONC1_140512_080.JPG: Al Roker
WMONC1_140512_133.JPG: "George Washington" was in the front row
WMONC1_140512_225.JPG: 4th Grade Students from Aiton Elementary School, Washington DC
WMONC1_140512_236.JPG: Hard to believe all of these kids were in the same grade
WMONC1_140512_255.JPG: John Podesta, Special Advisor to President Obama (and White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton)
WMONC1_140512_298.JPG: Sally Jewel, Secretary, Department of the Interior
WMONC1_140512_357.JPG: Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service
WMONC1_140512_411.JPG: "My Country 'Tis of Three," Boy and Girl Choristers, Washington National Cathedral Choir
WMONC1_140512_435.JPG: Sally Jewel helped out holding the music during strong winds
WMONC1_140512_479.JPG: Caroline L. Cunningham, President, Trust for the National Mall
WMONC1_140512_517.JPG: David M. Rubinstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group
WMONC1_140512_576.JPG: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congresswoman, United States House of Representatives
WMONC1_140512_625.JPG: Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of the District of Columbia
WMONC1_140512_723.JPG: Candice Glover, 2013 American Idol Winner
WMONC2_140512_004.JPG: The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
WMONC2_140512_080.JPG: User comment: Glenn Marcus (yellow hat)
WMONC2_140512_292.JPG: Ribbon cutting ceremony
WMONC2_140512_299.JPG: The ribbon is cut for the grand reopening of the Washington Monument
WMONE1_140512_002.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2014_DC_WMon_ReopeningE_140512 DC -- Washington Monument Reopening Event -- Except Ceremony (130 photos from 2014) This was the line for tickets up the monument. I didn't think I had a chance but I was there early enough (8am) to get a ticket for reopening day!
WMONE1_140512_010.JPG: Ticket dude!
WMONE1_140512_055.JPG: Robert A. Vogel, Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks
WMONE1_140512_151.JPG: Candice Glover, 2013 American Idol Winner, rehearses
WMONE1_140512_272.JPG: Steve Whitesell
WMONE1_140512_283.JPG: Tara Morrison
WMONE1_140512_309.JPG: David M. Rubinstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group
WMONE1_140512_450.JPG: James W. Symington
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Wadsworth Symington (/ˈsaɪmɪŋtən/; born September 28, 1927) is a United States attorney and politician who served as four-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977, representing Missouri.
Biography
Youth, family, and education
James Wadsworth Symington, son of Stuart (U.S. senator, Missouri) and Evelyn (Wadsworth) Symington, was born on September 28, 1927 in Rochester, New York. He is the great-grandson of James Wolcott Wadsworth (U.S. Congress, New York) and grandson of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (U.S. Congress, New York).
He attended St. Bernard's School in New York City, St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1945, he graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17. He served in the Marine Corps as a private first class from 1945 to 1946.
Symington earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1950 where he was a member of the Berzelius secret society (according to the 1950 Yale Banner), and his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1954.
Early legal career and public service
After graduating from law school, Symington served for two years as Assistant City Counselor (1954–1955) for St. Louis. He then went into private practice from 1955 to 1958. Beginning in the 1950s, he occasionally performed as country music and folk singer, appearing on KMOX-AM and KSD-AM. He also frequently sang at his father's 1952 campaign appearances across Missouri. In 1958, he appeared on ABC-TV's Jubilee USA, and also performed with Patti Douglas and Lee Mace's Ozark Opry.
Later in 1958, Symington entered the United States Foreign Service and was posted to London as assistant to John Hay Whitney, the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. He served in this role until 1960, when he returned to private practice in Washington, D.C..
He served in a series of roles in government from 1961 to 1968: deputy director, Food for Peace (1961–1962); administrative assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (1962–1963); director, President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency (1965–1966); consultant, President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (1965–1966); and Chief of Protocol of the United States (1966–1968).
Congressional career
In 1968, Symington was elected as a Democrat to the 91st Congress to represent Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977. While in Congress, served on the House Commerce Committee; and the Committee on Science and Technology, chairing the subcommittees on Space Science and Applications; Science, Research & Technology; and International Cooperation.
In the 1976 election, chose not to seek his seat for a fifth term; rather, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his father, who retired after serving four terms. He faced Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes and Congressman Jerry Litton in the Democratic primary. Litton won the primary but was killed when his plane crashed en route to the victory party. Hearnes was named the Democratic candidate and ultimately lost to Republican Party candidate John Danforth.
At the end of his Congressional term, Symington returned to the D.C.-based law firm Smathers, Symington & Herlong as a partner.
Post-congressional roles
Symington served as Director of The Atlantic Council from 1986 to 2001 and as Director of the Library of Congress Russian Leadership Program in 2001.
He is currently practicing law with the law firm of Nossaman LLP/O'Connor & Hannan, where he specializes in legislative and administrative representation.
Symington is also a writer. A collection of his poems, songs, and prose, A Muse ’N Washington: Beltway Ballads and Beyond , was published in 1999.
Symington appeared as a commentator in the 1990 Ken Burns film The Civil War.
WMONE1_140512_626.JPG: John Podesta, Special Advisor to President Obama (and White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton)
WMONE1_140512_690.JPG: Al Roker, Co-anchor, the TODAY Show
WMONE2_140512_011.JPG: Checking remnants of the cut ribbon
WMONE2_140512_016.JPG: Vincent Gray
WMONE2_140512_034.JPG: User comment: Vincent Gray
WMON_140512_46.JPG: Bullet holes from US Park Police killing Norman Mayer --
Dec 8, 1982: Norman Mayer, an anti-nuclear weapons activist and eccentric, drives a white van up to the base of the Washington Monument. Mayer claims to have a 1,000 pounds of explosives in the van, which he say he will use to destroy the monument, unless a national dialogue on the threat of nuclear weapons is seriously undertaken. He holds off police for 10 hours before he starts to roll the van towards the White House. At that point, United States Park Police snipers open fire, fatally wounding him. No explosives are found in the van.
The above from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_political_violence_in_Washington,_D.C.
WMON_140409_07.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2014_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (15 photos from 2014) National Mall and Memorial Parks
Washington Monument Earthquake Damage Repair:
In August of 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Washington DC area, causing damage to the 555-foot Washington Monument. As the Monument swayed from the quake, some of its exterior marble panels cracked and pieces broke off. Inside the Monument, many of the granite stones that support the structure cracked. Most of the damage was in the pyramid-shaped top, called the pyramidion. Project repairs include filling cracks, securing loose stone, fitting new or salvaged stone pieces (Dutchman) into damaged areas, stabilizing cracked blocks with steel brackets, repointing mortar joints and replacing the lightning protection system.
The project is funded in part by a generous donation from David Rubenstein through our partner, the Trust for the National Mall.
WMON_131103_22.JPG: I found it interesting how the flags flew in different directions. The wind whips around the base of the monument causing drafts to shift.
WMON_130509_138.JPG: Workmen on May 9 approach the end of erecting the scaffolding on the Washington Monument, in preparation for the repair of earthquake damage. Repair work by the National Park Service has to go on while Congressional dunderheads being at loggerheads continue to cripple the mission of the NPS.
WMON_130315_021.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2013_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (84 photos from 2013)
WMON_130315_335.JPG: The Washington Monument gets dressed in scaffolding again, this time to repair earthquake damage.
WMON_100402_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2010_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (5 photos from 2010)
WMON_090404_11.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2009_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (7 photos from 2009)
WMON_080402_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2008_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (9 photos from 2008) Haven't a clue who this girl was but she wanted her picture jumping in front of the Washington Monument.
WMON_070403_30.JPG: The Jefferson Pier marks the first meridian of the United States and was originally established in 1793 on a line due south through the center of the White House at the intersection of a line west from the center of the Capitol. The original point was marked by a wooden stake and replaced by a stone pier in 1804. The monument was removed and replaced several times until finally being restored in 1889 under the direction of Colonel O. H. Ernst, Officer in Charge of Public Buildings and Grounds. The pier, a 2 foot square granite monument extending 2 feet above the ground remains today a point of curiosity with tourists who seldom understand its significance. The meridian of the United States was changed to the center of the dome old Naval Observatory in 1850, and finally replaced legally by the adoption the Greenwich (England) Meridian for both boundaries and navigation in 1912.
Subsequent to the re-establishment of the Jefferson Pier in 1889, the Office of Public Building and Grounds set a new monument, the Meridian Stone of 1890 in the center of Presidents Park approximately 459 meters north of and in the same meridian as the Jefferson Pier, but in a more protected area. This monument is marked by an 18 inch square granite post set flush with the ground.
The above was from http://geodesy.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/freedom_stands.html
WMON_070104_09.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2007_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (16 photos from 2007)
WMON_060327_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2006_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (4 photos from 2006)
WMON_040323_04.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2004_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (23 photos from 2004)
WMON_031216_41.JPG: Washington Monument @ sunset
WMON_031003_06.JPG: Forrest Williams and his daughter Abigail
WMON_030917_20.JPG: These guys were doing a filmed interview about, of all subjects, bombs including biochemical explosions.
WMON_030917_41.JPG: This dog had been one of the sniffers for the bomb
WMON_030109_012.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2003_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (58 photos from 2003)
WMON_030109_117.JPG: Washington Monument @ sunset. (There are lots of other sunset pictures on this page too.)
WMON_021227_35.JPG: Washington Monument @ sunset
WMON_020910_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2002_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (65 photos from 2002)
WMON_010912_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2001_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (3 photos from 2001) This picture is taken from one of the side passages at the Lincoln Memorial looking toward the Washington Monument. This area was closed shortly thereafter for renovation.
WMON_000302_01.JPG: Washington Monument under scaffolding
WMON_000224_02.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2000_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (14 photos from 2000)
WMON_990126_02.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1999_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (21 photos from 1999)
WMON_980327_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1998_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (4 photos from 1998)
WMON_970111_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1997_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (5 photos from 1997)
WMON_961104_04.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1996_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (1 photo from 1996)
WMON_940005_04.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1994_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (1 photo from 1994)
WMON_830005_02.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1983_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (2 photos from 1983)
WMON_820005_03.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1982_DC_Wash_Mon DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior (3 photos from 1982) That's Sarolta walking toward the Monument
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