What happened in the 1830s?
🖋️ 1840: The beginning of the construction of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
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Further Reading
Washington Monument Construction Timeline - National Park Service (nps.gov)
History & Culture - Washington Monument (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Washington Monument completed | December 6, 1884 | HISTORY (history.com)
Washington Monument construction: Cornerstone laid on July 4, 1848 (washingtonpost.com)
Washington Monument - ASCE (asce.org)
A History of the Washington Monument (Chapter 1) (npshistory.com)
The Men—and the Women—Who Built the Washington Monument (archives.gov)
The Bizarre Adolescence of the Washington Monument (weta.org)