What You Don't Know About the Washington Monument
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- This national icon sat abandoned for decades.
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Gneiss video!
Gneiss rock!
Gneiss comment.
Yeah, this video could have been Schist!
I take it for granite that someone will make a mason’s pun when stone architecture is discussed. 😁
The cult to control Americans.
Surprised it wasn't mentioned, the builders wanted cap at the top to be a super precious metal. At the time aluminum was difficult to extract and purify, and very expensive per weight. It was much more precious than even gold at the time.
Thanks I was going to mention this.
I remember seeing that on Modern Marvels.
Big L on them not mentioning that.
@@davidgarciaparra I commented on another issue and B1M responded that it would be covered in their podcast. Perhaps this will be as well?
It wasn't long after that the modern process of producing aluminium was discovered, and it became as cheap as chips...
Nothing says America like... an Egyptian Obelisk.
Looks like you win the comment section early xD
Illuminati my dude
@@greatwhiteevox1008 Imagine thinking the people that run the world were competent enough to pull off a conspiracy.
America took in influence from antiquated civilizations and why not?
Maybe a French statue of the Roman goddess of Liberty..?
I wish you had mentioned how each State is represented in the monument with a memorial stone carved from local material.
Also each powerful country worldwide was represented with a memorial stone, even the Ottomans!
I love Washington DC but I do wish the McMillan plan was fully built
@@toms5996I find that claim very dubious. I sincerely doubt Castelmoron D'Albret is treated anything like Paris or Rye is treated anything like Birmingham. Europeans brag about their historical cities, but while they do (rarely) mention the history of small cities, they are also quite frequently dismissive of their entire existence or worth. The low population band of Spain is particularly demonstrative of this
Europe really isn't that different from the US. Most of the things you complain about that Europeans say they see in the US are just mirrors of Europe. We are you minus the history of WW2 debt, recovery, and baggage.
@@MerennulliDebt? Seriously? Have you looked at the US national debt? lmao
@@pomeranianproductions647 He/she said WW2 debt, not current US debt.
@@toms5996 Speak for yourself fellow European. Some cities are just objectively better/more important than others.
They still could build it in DC somewhere with the right funding.
I was there a few weeks ago for work and was fortunate enough to have some time to explore downtown. Out of all the places I have been to in the states, DC easily exceeded my expectations. Much of downtown is walkable, a lot of trees and parks surrounding the area, plenty of cafes and restaurants surround the wide pavements and marinas near the river.
Even the rougher parts out east and north can be pretty nice to explore. Pleasantly surprised by this
It’s a fantastic city 👍
Same, I love their subway system as well, really beautiful.
@@sandman.38 Yes the WMATA light rail is fantastic; best in the country I'd say! NYC has more coverage but DC has quality down pat
That's what all American city would look like were they never bulldozed for the car. You used to have this everywhere and you chose to destroy it.
I’ve lived here in DC metro most of my life. The mall is beautiful to walk at night. The lights and monuments are so lovely.
The earthquake caused significant damage and repairs ran around 36 months to complete, plus they upgraded the elevators & added a security screening facility.
A $7.5 million gift from private equity mogul & philanthropist David M. Rubenstein was matched by Congress for the repairs and upgrades.
Thank you Mr Rubenstein ❤
Mr. Rubenstein has a habit of assisting officials in matters of historical importance...he has set the standard.
Kinda of surprised they didn't mention the "capstone" at the very top is solid piece aluminum. Now aluminum is cheap today, but back then it was expensive. sm
Here’s me learning that it’s not just solid the whole way through. 😲
Another fact is that if you look at the monument's positioning it is off axis a little east on the north south axis created by the White House and Jefferson Memorial, yet aligned on east-west axis with the Capitol and Lincoln Memorial. This again was because of bad soils at the desired location.
Yes! We talk about that in this week’s podcast (episode coming out tomorrow)
@@TheB1M You're welcome for the preview 😁 Great to know I'll look for the podcast.
@@timmmahhhhThat entire area was swamp land...
@@jenh9361 yes it was
What they won't tell you is how they feed people to a tree inside of it.
I was looking for a comment about MM
Surprised you didn’t mention the special tree inside it
Oh yeah
I am so proud of the Washington Monument!
Went there years and years ago. They had a really great portrait of George Washington inside, at the ground floor near the elevator.
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Finally a B1M video thats not a commercial.
Thank you.
Surprised you didn’t mention that they added those extra concrete slabs because the monument was sinking. It was situated on loose swampy soil, another fun fact is that the monument was suppose to be centered with the Capital, the White House and the Lincoln monument but had to be shifted about 300 ft because of the soil. You can see this on a map
I call Bullshit
Lincoln wasn't even president when this was started.
4:40 I actually remember that, we had some tremors down here in Southern Virginia too
Earthquakes due to climate change
I went to DC last week and saw the monument myself.
It has such a wonderful singing voice
The Special Tree?
@@still_guns shhhh they'll find me
Good fun fact to know. Also, the original Washington Monument is actually in Baltimore. Not nearly as tall of a structure, but imo more interesting to look at.
They show it in this video.
He mentioned that in the video. Didn't you watch it?
We know: We watched the video. You should too, it's interesting.
Hmmm wouldnt call it more interesting. Its like a smaller breasted version of Nelson's column in London, and others.
There is a monument to Washington on South Mountain east of Boonsboro Maryland. Not very large but might be the oldest. It was there at the time of the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. I think the Union had a lookout there.
Glad to see a video about an iconic American monument described using the metric system!
Odd to see a video about an iconic American monument described using the metric system.
@@tooleyheadbang4239Odd to see people argue over measuring systems like it was politics.
@@johnyoung1128 Very odd.
It isn't as if we all speak the same language...
@@tooleyheadbang4239 A very odd point you are trying to make, what is it?
@@johnyoung1128 This reply thread is odd fellas 😭
It’s pronounced the army “core” of engineers not the army “corpse” of engineers. It’s spelled corps. But pronounced “core”.
Barrack obaminal needed that lesson lol.
Eh. It's not like modern America deserved any respect anyway.
He was speaking English.
@@guynxtdorkchaos!😂
@@guynxtdork OK dork😂🤣
Rode the elevator to the top a few times. Also take the stairs back down, and see the stones with the names of States carved in them.
Somehow I got to the age of 54 with no idea that there was an elevator!!!!! Always thought it was solid masonry!
I remember having to go up to the top to strengthen GNR's radio signal with an old satillite dish. It was a mission from Fallout 3. Those were the days.
When Washington was on his deathbed, his chamber servants asked how best to honor his memory. With his dying breath, Washington said "a phallus... a massive phallus that young and old alike can see from miles away in any direction... My teeth aren't the only imposing wood fixtures in this room." Then he winked at Martha and passed silently into the night. Godspeed.
Grew up in the dc area and always love look across the river to see the big pencil
Going in the elevator on the way down, they let you see some of the commemorative stones and where the stones change. It was super cool
You should have mentioned there is a building code in DC that NO building will be built taller than the monument.
And some developers and politicians are trying to gut that law so they can make skyscrapers.
They could just raise the monument, or lower the ground level of the buildings?
Yeah, I was thinking about that while watching the video. Seemed to recall something like that but wasn't certain.
@@Hibbs4PrezThat would utterly change the character of the DC area and should never be allowed, IMO.
A. You're thinking of the Capitol Building, not the Washington Monument. And B. that's still mostly a myth, the height laws don't mention the Capitol Building (or the Washington Monument) and the standard height restriction is much lower than the height of the Capitol Building, not just a little bit lower.
5:40 That is an amazing shot!
Going to DC and walking up and down the national mall and the museums and all the monuments, it's breathtaking. US Native and I am from the west coast where everything is newer. And going back to DC and seeing building that have stood there for 150+ years is just amazing... this history those buildings have witnissed... The stonework put into the buildings people go in and out of without a second look. We dont have stone work and old buildings like that in Phoenix. I've been to DC for a handful of times for work and vacation, and no matter how many times I go, I never get to see all that I want to. I would have to spend a solid month there. But with the growing political issues, and the internet breading idiocracy, I fear this country and much of the world is headed to a collapse of power becuase the one thing that was supposed to be the spread of information, learning, knowlege, (the internet) has done the complete opposite. People beleive anything they see no matter how rediculous it is now because the internet said its true...
In the words of the great Farnsworth, I don't want to live on this planet anymore...
Farnsworth from Futurama... not the real Farnsworth that invented TV, LOL
i’m surprised you never mentioned that they placed a strange tree in the monument which lead to the disappearance of 20 people
Bro the absentee’s weren’t all children most were adults lol. Catch up on your MM lore my friend.
@@dtk673 sorry, my memory is very hazy
Nah You fine. I just like correcting people because it always upsets Me seeing false information spread on the internet (Whether it be done on purpose or not )@@spingleboygle
What?
@@BTScrivinerit’s a reference to analog horror series called ‘monument mythos’
I have visited this site several times. And now I know the story behind the iconic tower. Thanks B1M !
Very enjoyable as always 👍
Thank you so much!
One of your bests! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
suprised that there’s no mention of a certain tree inside
Found you lol. Was just on reddit and they said "look up ANY regular video of the washington moneument. We'll be there" and bobsuruncle I found you😂😂
Always noticed the color difference, never thought much about it. Thanks for the video!
Seeing all the proposed designs is cool. I love DC.
I think we should start a petition to complete the statues and original base design as well 😍
You think they'd honour white Americans this far into the global anti-white propaganda campaign?
@@android584 You could honour all the US Negroes who have made such valuable contributions towards today's civilisation.
Like the one Reagan thought had invented traffic lights...
Nah, neoclassical is easily the most boring traditional architecture, it should be art deco instead of those stupid godamn white domes
It’s actually the 2nd tallest stone monument. The tallest is the San Jacinto Monument outside of Houston Texas. Enjoyed the video.
I’ve been up inside the monument and I loved it
I think this video wins for comments that start with variations on “you also should have mentioned that…”
Never knew about the original plan for the monument. It'd be cool to see the finished thing
If I remember correctly, in the early 1970s, when my family visited Washington DC, visitors were allowed to either walk up the stairs or walk down. But not both. While the rest of the family took the elevator both ways, my brother and I took the stairs down.
Great video! While I love your videos on construction all over the world, it's good to see one about a national monument. Thanks!
I got to visit DC a few years ago but the Washington Monument was closed to the public. I really wish I could have gone in.
Probably because of the 2011 earthquake and the repairs it made necessary... was it still covered in scaffolding?
@@timmccarthy9917 this was 2018. From what I can read it was closed for elevator maintenance
"The forest fell swiftly, As the lumberjack swung.
Except for the Special Tree, Which could not be stung.
She missed her friends, And the hymns they sung.
So she started a tune, That broke the man's lung."
The San Jacinto Monument in Texas is 15 feet taller. On purpose, of course.
Another great video! Thank you for the always fascinating and informative videos!
Thanks ✊️✊️
I don't know if they still do this but they used to have foot races up the stairs to the top. I remember asking my dad if we could walk up the stairs but he made us take the elevator.
What about the special tree inside or the Washington standard operation?
Is that why the walls play new music?
They got it right the second time. The US gifted a smaller version to Australia (79 meters tall). Looks pretty good, built so well they had many to spare for two other monuments.
I'm happy to have been up in the Washington Monument back in 2008.
5:28 The photo of 4 men finishing off the top of the monument is not the Washington monument. It is Floyd monument in Sioux City Iowa. commemorating Sgt. Charles Floyd, the only member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to die during the expedition.
Never forget the man it was built to honor. There is a reason he has been called "the indispensable man".
One unknown fact is that the stone for the bottom part came from the farm by grandfather used to own in rural Indiana
I wish theyd build the collonade and statues. I like the original vision for it
I was today years old when I learned the brics were different colors. Never noticed before. To be fair I've never been there in person. Happy 4th to all my fellow Americans!
Theres actually this weird tree thing inside of it! Back in the 80s it bent over and sent 19 people away….
Fred, That was one of the best most touching tributes I have heard in a very long time. I, for one, am so glad the Yanks and the Brits made up with each other. Americans and Brits alike are so much the better for it. Happy 4th.
I kinda liked the original design with the structure around the bottom.
4:14 this almost looks like printed money
fun fact: there is a special tree inside of it and you can hear the music inside!
Glad found your channel....always well produced and informative.
Me, non-native English speaker, hearing “nice blocks” instead of “gneiss blocks”, and thinking “well they sure had to be pretty nice to serve as foundation”
The second shot in your video is the Utah state capitol. Not the US capitol in Washington DC.
I never 👎 knew there were an earthquake in 2011 until this video published.
It was a sizable quake for this area, but I was mowing the lawn on a riding mower, bouncing all around, and I missed it completely. The neighbors called freaking out but I could only say “What earthquake?”
The first quarry in Texas Maryland did not shut down - the vein of marble ran out but the quarry is still operating today, producing other rock for driveways and even calcium carbonate for toothpaste. It is owned by Martin Marietta.
Washington Monument wasn't finished till 1888. Eiffel Tower was finished in Jan 1887. I.E. Washington Monument was never taller than the Eiffel Tower.
In fact. The Eiffel Tower was the first structure to be taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Actually the Lincoln Cathedral (built in England in 1311) was technically taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza and predates both by over five centuries. Many other European cathedrals including the Cologne Cathedral were also taller than the Great Pyramid and were also built before the Eiffel Tower. There is a video by KnowledgeHub (released in 2016) which goes into this
Having watched Big Bigger and Biggest, I know at least half of the story. But still willing to learn more
🤔 Don't understand why it isn't just painted solid white to get rid of the stone color difference. 🤨 Thank you for the great video...
4:05 Those column looked amazing.
Isn't the San jacinto monument taller?
Another fine program. Thank you
I think they should complete the memorial. It would be great to see that too made of pure rocks without steel.
Back in the day when they actually halted public work projects when they were too expensive… Let us do that again. This was a highly visible half-built memorial but a good reminder that we should budget.
I take the exact opposite view. I’m glad they finished it and I wish more people would “think big”. Iconic & Historic buildings dont stand the test of time by “thinking small”.
Would have been a good idea to mention the first monument: "The original monument was a simple one, built in the shape of a small milk bottle out of rocks found at the South Mountain site. Twelve feet from the tower's base, the townspeople installed a white marble slab that read, “Erected in memory of Washington, July 4, 1827, by the citizens of Boonsboro.”"
Gonna be honest, I have never noticed the different stone colors until you pointed that out, lol. And I'm American.
Well, the last minute before the advertisment was a bit over the top. You can say that about ANY important building in a state's capital... may it be the Brandenburg Gate, the Arc de Triomf, Big Ben or Maidan Square....
Great video!
Thanks! 🙏
When we toured DC, we were told that DC doesn't have any regular sky scrapers is that their soil is too wet and marshy to support one. But I always wondered how to build the monument there without it sinking ?
The very top of the Monument is an aluminum pyramid. At the time of the finishing of the monument, aluminum was the most expensive metal in the world, although one of the most common in nature. Its expense was due to the immense cost of refining bauxite into metal and accumulating enough to make something. It was used for the highest-priced tableware of the rich, and the cap was shown off in the window of Tiffany's in NEW YORK before installation. There are still steps inside the monument that go up to an observation (interior) platform, but last I knew people were banned from using them due to too many tourists getting worn out and stuck part way up and having to be rescued. In my youth (1950's ancient history) I climbed them many times--up AND down! Couldn't do that now!!!
What was it like on the observation platform?
Important Fact about the Monument that wasn’t mentioned in the VideoOttoman Sultan Abdul Mejid I [2] donated $30,000 toward the construction of the Washington monument. The Sultans' donation was the largest single donation toward the building of the Washington Monument. The Sultan's intention was to bridge peace between the Ottomans and the Americans. The stone containing the Turkish inscriptions commemorating this event is on the 190-foot level. The translation of the inscriptions state, "To support the continuation of true friendship Abdul Mejid Khan's clear and pure name was written on the lofty stone in Washington.
Love you bro
Interesting video, thanks for researching, presenting, and uploading. Side note: you mentioned [an] "army corpse" = what they got a lot of during the civil war. But the "army corps" is a division within the army, for example, you might have a corps of engineers, dedicated to construction. The first one, the way you pronounced it, is, "KORPS." The second one, probably what you intended to mean, is pronounced, "KOR."
Why is this video unlisted? I think it would be great if it was public!
As someone who lives near Washington DC, this was one of my favorite B1M videos in a while!
Lots of channels uploaded well in advance then list at a later date
One would assume because you're here early.
Wtf you talking about?
I'm so glad they didn't build the rotunda and statues. It's great the way it is, nice and clean looking.
It's basically a copy of what the Egyptians were doing thousands of years ago. Only theirs were one solid piece of stone from base to tip. Thanks.
When making the very top Apex designers wanted to showcase the wealth and future power of the US so the most expensive metal at the time was used. It was solid aluminum and at about 10 inches was the biggest cast piece of aluminum ever produced. Although aluminum is and extremely important and energy intensive metal it's thrown it away without thought like the trash that people have become.
Reduce, Refuse, and then Recycle properly everything that you can.
Thanks ♻️🌳🌎🌲🌍♻️
The San Jacinto monument near Houston, Texas is taller!
Yeah, and Houston is the City On A Swamp
Historical Construction
Thank You🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
2nd image was the California state capitol - not in DC. Swap out for the US capitol, it has an all white dome
I will never unsee the bricks changing color
It’s a cool monument to visit, definitely recommend going up in it but an hour total is probably all you need…the top isn’t all that big and once you’ve looked out the 4 sides that’s about it…still cool (plus up and down the elevator part is pretty cool, also the massive doors that go into the actual tower at the base)…
One thing, at about the 3 second mark that looks like a state Capitol not a building in DC?
There's a special tree...
No mention of Spiderman swinging around the building?
I've never even noticed that it was different stones/colors, and I've been to it 3 times.
You should do a video about Philadelphia City Hall. It was once the tallest building in the world.
2:11 What's so nice about that particular rock? Oh, you mean Gneiss rock! Got it.
sounds like every US infrastructure project since...
No will, no way. Thanks for another fantastic episode
You’re welcome 👍👍
This is how I know my phone is listening to me. I was at the Monument yesterday
Mr. President, we finished the Monument!
Why is it round? I want it to be pointy!
That dome at the beginning must be mislabeled in the stock footage files as having something to do with DC. It doesn’t. History Guy has misused it as well.