obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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    Washington Monument
    obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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    • Washington National Monument

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    inception
    1848
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    image
    Washington Monument 2022.jpg
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    Washington Monument in 2017, NW side.jpg
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    Hill East, Washington, DC, USA - panoramio (13).jpg
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    native label
    Washington Monument (English)
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    genre
    public art
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    significant event
    date of official opening
    1886
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    reference URL
    https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/historyculture/index.htm
    title
    Learn About the Park : History & Culture (English)
    publisher
    National Park Service
    last update
    22 December 2022
    quotation
    the Washington Monument was first accessible to the public in 1886, closed much of 1887 until it could be better protected from vandals, and reopened in 1888 with a public elevator (English)
    retrieved
    30 December 2022
    9 October 1888Gregorian
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    reference URL
    https://nationalmall.org/monuments-memorials/washington-monument
    quotation
    opened to the public on October 9, 1888, exactly 40 years after the cornerstone was laid (English)
    retrieved
    30 December 2022
    visitors per year
    has characteristic
    built using slave labor
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    stated in
    DC Historic Sites
    DC Historic Sites place ID
    655
    retrieved
    30 December 2022
    reference URL
    https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a1370c18c72f47cfb79c28300f089da6
    title
    Capital City Slavery (English)
    subtitle
    Historically preserved sites of enslavement in Washington D.C. (English)
    author name string
    Shae Corey
    publication date
    28 April 2022
    publisher
    DC Preservation League
    retrieved
    30 December 2022
    offers view on
    Lincoln Memorial
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    National Mall
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    White House
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    view
    View from Washington Monument - facing west.jpg
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    Commons category
    Washington Monument
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    Identifiers

    AAA attraction ID
    517897
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    Comic Vine ID
    4020-62087
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    Giant Bomb ID
    3035-2534
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    GNIS Feature ID
    531850
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    Iconoteca dell'Accademia di architettura ID
    3172
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