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Monument George Washington’s birthday is also the anniversary of the dajta« when a group of politicians stole : his monument .
The memorial to the fijrst president of the U.S. was just ;a square stub 150 feet high in 1855 .The cornerstone had been laidi on July 4, 1848......with the same trowel Washington had used to lay the cornerstone of, the capitol j in 1793. But construction had come to a standstill ih 1854. j
A group rof men believed to be members of the American Party, nicknamed “Know Nothings , had stolen a block of marble donated - by Pope Pius IX from the temple of Concord in Rome. -The public was so shocked by this act that contributions for the monument virtually stopped.
The Washington National Mon ument Society, which had been formed in 1832 to build! the memorial, appealed to Congress for aid. The lawmakers agreed to ap. propriate $200,000 on Washington’s birthday, 1855, to complete the monument. 1 '
But c|n the night of February - 21 .Know Nothings broke into the offices ojf the society. They seized its record?, held an election to put their own members in office, and T the next day announced themselves r . r . ' .
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