Show monument Is nations 0 tribute to Great greatest elst son sion tile the idea of n monument to the memory of Cl ceorge orge washington originated lit in tile the ahouee of bt tat ives it was the lip ultimate ou outcome tronie of if n resolution introduced by john Mar marshall shull lit in 1719 that a marble monument he be erected by tho the united santes in the capital at the city of and that lint tile lie family faintly of beneral Clener le nl wash ingwoll b he requested to permit ills his body to be under it and that the monument he be so designed nm ni to commemorate the lie great events dents of ills hla military and political life alfo tills this however tho the continental congress girss lit in had adopted tin the resolution that nil equestrian statue oi 0 glene i artil be 10 erected nt at the where tile lh residence of congress shall IH be fit I 1 ll 11 considering conal biering these two resolutions re tin the coriner so ko its irs to that n mausoleum of aner ainer lann ic nn and ni arble in pyra foldal 1111 ifil forin feet nt fit the base und find of proportionate shall ho be erected in the city of Washing toll leai I 1 cali N reproduction of the original design of the washington Martur monument rient while the equestrian statue mentioned lit in the resolution or of the con coil thi congress ton Kress culminated lit in the s tattle statue hy by 0 benough 1 een ough which was placed in the rotunda dit of if tile ilie capitol in 1841 but it was later moved to the e emu list front of tile the capitol allda and more recently to the museum nil N 4 definite steps were taken toward the reet lon of the monument until IS 18 0 S during tint that year tile ton national monument clr society was org ory int itil wi d with tile taca of it erecting electing a 3 monument by popular subscription lit in 1 the lie hiviles american artist q to submit designs for a client the only requirement wn waa that nn lily plans submitted should bartim piously blend durability simplicity anti tile toot cost of tile HIP pro lio ed structure ft met uro wit tu to he be not less proposed memorial al enny Ele deslis signs were erp submitted the was ns milt by bv clobert mill mills n pi lit arclo of dr 1 his I Is cirile this debien Uhl Kii lon ns its the lie original desavi of 0 tho washington national monument Is velin deuced lit in tile lie illustration allu tile plan ail in its shown was uns if flar colon bull bullying ding 21 50 n feet lit diameter und and feet afef elsi front from which hali wits na to spi pun ing un till shaft 70 feet squire fit at tile the base and f 00 deot hilgh but fund for the tit nadi mutated slowly lowly because ause lind liven limited to one doll dollar r a p person 11 thus it wa wat 1817 ivnor e 1 money to justify the he hilli ing of nf tile tiie wits I 1 sited lit in ISIS congress s anti tiler lilt aitio society tu to erect a u monument upon a ditc ito to tic li by b tile IlCh lilt derl ait of tin tile slate 4 and the lie board of managers of the society fock ty that site on tile public reservation near the lie Poto potomac nine river while where the ui monument now stand stands A was ltd 1 td tim tilt corner stone of the fliemon inon ins laid on oil july jub 4 or of that year this stone was n block of marble weighing ol lilii 24 00 pounds und and wits aled oud anti pi denied to the llie sodoto fio clety by Til ofinas of of the itono stono selected for tile the foundation was tle me blue of tile the floto lilac valley alley in bloc blocs ls weighing front six elx to eight tous design changed when tho the actual work aris begun plan of a oracular building tit lit the base was abandoned and only the lie obella obell 0 shaft which wits changed na its to proportions proportion was vai re ie tallied on oil tills plan tile waa wn finally erected to if height of fot by 1 asoo then the civil war linfred work orl on oil it nut but tit nt tile end cud of alie war u furt lier apponyi were made to tir tin public for anti and to fri for to co it wits ns in ill 1871 that lint file resolution wits mis offered to lint body for tile HIP of tile this ix let t us as passed carim iltis rl td t d with etli it nn lit or of it provided provi dod tor for tile trans feit to aho I 1 hc government or of till nil pio pl 0 1 I tile tho washington national Monti ment soc lct auld that the coil ati oil ol of tile alio monument be placed under the joint ipei vision of tile of tilt the united states the supervising architect of tile treasury depart the architect of tile capitol Cal Atol tile engineers of the iriny find nd the first 10 vice lo president of the society so clety the hist first work ork on tile resumption of tho the construction of thu the monument was the strengthening nil and enlarging of it foundation tills this was because the original foundation was found to bp be billat illat leott late to bear the proposed shaft ghandi on original site tile the completed monument nio nui nent which stands mauds fm 55 feet high was af in issa tile total otil cost o it was nearly thousands of grinis bigit it every benr ear many ol of arll cling to its lt t to view the ni of their tilt lional cn capital pital contrary to it rumor tit nt one time tile th washington a I 1 tins never been moved bioni tile the very begin aings of its construction it has hag re oi of tin tilt present site allow 11 ever lit in one sense the eul kioes daily with the sun suit turning turn lri upon mi inia tire nrc under he influence of tile the rays nos of heat likewise it moves un sine of the wind whid but thee aln e dall and there never lius been lie its tur bance or voise pulse finder ang fi aine |