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Show Washington Monument ! Begna 70 Years Ago Th flmt ston of th Washington monument In th national capital waa laid. by t'rrflldant Polk aavanty yiara aatK Mora than thirty -plx yeara panned before tha enpston aa act In poal-tlon poal-tlon In 1884. The bright of tha monument monu-ment la lit fat. and It la tha loftleat structure of Ita hind In tha world. Th(.re ar. of courae, many bulldlnga and townra which ar hlajhrr but no mnmimenta. Tha hlrhrat point reached by the Imllrtern of tha anclant world wna achieved In the pyramid of Cheopa at Memphis. Kxypt. which la 450 fact In height. |