Well it took long enough. George Washington had been dead for more than
three decades before a society was founded to build a monument to his honor in
the city which bore his name. In 1832, the centenary of the birth of
Washington, the Washington National Monument Society was founded. The Society began
raising funds and in 1836 announced a competition for the design of the
monument. The winning design by Robert Mills envisioned an obelisk arising from
a circular colonnade. The price tag was an astronomical, for the time, one
million dollars. Work on the obelisk finally began in 1848. Nations around the
world were invited to contribute blocks of marble for the monument.
Donald R. McClarey, Cradle Catholic, has
been active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three and happily
married for 30 years. Small town lawyer. President of the board of directors of
the local crisis pregnancy center. Easily amused as demonstrated by the fact
that he blogs for amusement.
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