Talk:Washington Monument

Vandalism (07/26/2017)

At the end of the introduction some idiot added this last line: "The Washington Monument is expected to re-open to visitors in 2019.[22]In 2017, an explosion further damaged the elevator and nearly killed six high-school students and a teacher, only to be saved by Spider Man."

This is clearly vandalism, could someone please restore the last usable version of this article please? --177.230.93.9 (talk) 00:08, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done TimothyJosephWood 00:17, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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Lightning rods and such timeline

I am confused. The picture of the apex taken in 1934 clearly shows the corrosion that was under the gold-plated copper band which held eight lightning rods. The article says the band was removed in 2013, and goes on to describe the corrosion as if it were discovered at that time. Was it also removed in 1934, and then reinstalled over the (already) illegible inscriptions? Gimelgort (talk) 00:19, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

The band that originally held short lightning rods was replaced in 1934 by another band with holes for long lightning rods in a different pattern. The 1934 picture shows that the inscriptions were already damaged in 1934 and that three lines were added to the east face in 1934, but neither fact is mentioned in most sources. These facts are mentioned in the "2013–2014 Survey of the Washington Monument" already referenced in the article, which includes rather poor pictures of all four faces of the aluminum apex as they appeared in 2013–2014 in Appendix G on pages 90–95. I'll add this info to the article. — Joe Kress (talk) 20:30, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Vesica Piscis added to Washington Monument landscaping in 2004

I added... Vesica Piscis In the 2004 grounds renovation, two large circles were added to the landscaping with the obelisk in the intersection or vesica pisces. (The photo was already there.) 73.85.203.107 (talk) 01:38, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Significance of 555’ height, and of the aluminum “Capitan”

I am NOT (and have never been) a Freemason like George Washington; were that the case, I could never divulge an old Pythagorean “guild secret”. But there is nothing truly secret in Freemasonry that isn’t in heir books, somewhere, ans freely available to anyone who takes the trouble to read them. So might I mention the factoring of 555 into 11 x 5 x 11? And the capstone made of aluminum, element 13. Of courss Wikipedia is no place for Original Research, but might this Prime Number factoring be mentioned, if it is all but an open secret, not just to those Masons in the know? Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 03:33, 20 April 2019 (UTC)