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in possession of the monument. Congress gave up its attempts to aid the society. With the approach of the Civil War, the project was . abandoned.
Meanwhile, the Know Nothings fell into disrepute, partly because of the piracy of the monument, and collapsed as a political party. Congress finally voted to finish the monument at government expense in 1876. The 555-foot memorial was completed on December 6, 1884, at a total cost of $1,500,000
When the aluminum pyramid that tops the monument was exhibited in New York and Washington, visitors are said to have asked to step over it, so they ciuld say they' had stepped over the top of the Washington Monument. .at that time the tallest structure in the world.
—World Book Encyclopedia
Washington News
Mrs. Wade H. Massie, Jr. accompanied Mrs. T. C- Eea to Culpeper on business' Monday.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carson Anderson were Mrs. Sisk ,Mrs. Doris Baumgardner and son and Wood Sisk all of Baltimore, Md.
J. W .Price, Jr. spent several days last week in Washington, D. C .
Mr. and Mrs. B. M‘. Eubank
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