I wonder why Washington seems to be the only great man who is commemorated without a statue of him. (I guess the Washington heads all over the GW campus make up for the lack of his image at the Monument. I hate those heads. The first time I was in the GW area, I assumed there was just one of them and tried to use it as a marker to find my way around.
Because of a recent ton of spam and weird insulting comments from a brand-new poster, I'm putting in comment moderation for a bit. I'm planning to do comment moderation "Ms. Kitty Style," as in, with a very light touch and kicking only off-topic and unreasonably insulting posts.
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ReplyDeleteCC, there are more tunes coming from you these days than lyrics. i.e., the pix are nice, but I miss your tangy comments on life.
ReplyDeleteFondly,
Ms. Kitty
Kim,
ReplyDeleteThe picture is of the Jefferson Memorial.
Ms. Kitty,
Duly noted. I will try to get back into writing more. I'm just really busy.
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI like Jefferson.
I wonder why Washington seems to be the only great man who is commemorated without a statue of him. (I guess the Washington heads all over the GW campus make up for the lack of his image at the Monument. I hate those heads. The first time I was in the GW area, I assumed there was just one of them and tried to use it as a marker to find my way around.
ReplyDeleteL'Enfant wanted a large equestrian statue of Washington over by Jefferson pier, but Washington hated the idea and wouldn't let him put one up.
ReplyDeleteThe obelisk wasn't put up until the 1830's.
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