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The Crazy SCANDAL Behind Building the Washington Monument - #50

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The Washington Monument Survives an Earthquake

The Washington monument survived an earthquake, which is pretty impressive. There was this plan for statues and a colonnade and all kinds of things underneath it,. But that didn't happen. I think less is more with this. And it works really well. What you'll find in the National Mall is that everything's very lined up and central. It's off-search the White House.

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