Washington Monument

English: The Washington Monument is a monument to U.S. President George Washington located in Washington, DC.

Washington Monument 

obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Instance of	obelisk, National Memorial of the United States, tourist attraction
Dedicated to	George Washington
Commemorates	George Washington
Material used	marble (wall, memorial stone) gneiss (wall, foundation) sandstone (memorial stone) soapstone (memorial stone) granite (wall, memorial stone) jadeite (memorial stone) concrete (foundation) aluminum (apex, power cable, stairs) limestone (memorial stone) catlinite (memorial stone) copper (memorial stone, power cable) petrified wood (memorial stone) cast iron (stairs) wrought iron (stairs) steel (stairs)
Genre	public art
Located in protected area	National Mall
Location	National Mall, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Architectural style	Egyptian Revival architecture
Architect	Robert Mills
Creator	Robert Mills
Owned by	National Park Service
Operator	National Park Service
Heritage designation	place listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1966)
Inception	1848
Date of official opening	1888
Height	169.046 ±0.001 m (2014, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat)
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38° 53′ 22.11″ N, 77° 02′ 06.88″ W
Authority control  Q178114 Library of Congress authority ID: sh86000926 NRHP reference number: 66000035 US National Archives Identifier: 10645426 BabelNet ID: 00080530n
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  Security enhancements under construction at the monument grounds in 2004

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  Peace rally, March 15, 2003

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  Looking up at night

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  circa 1860

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  Washington Monument seen from the Jefferson Memorial at dusk

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  Vertical Look at Washington Monument

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  During a snow storm

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  Seen in black & white

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  View from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

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  The Deseret Stone is one of 193 Commemorative Stones installed during the monument's construction.

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  Washington Monument and Smithsonian Castle at Sunset

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  A photo taken during the Apollo 11 50th anniversary show of the Apollo 11 rocket projected on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on July 20, 2019

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  A projection on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC showing the first footprint on the moon. Projected 50 years to the minute after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon

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  An image of Apollo 11, projected on the Washington Monument for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch

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