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Waveform Audio File Format  |  2000-10-09  |  2.3 MB  |  1 channel  |  11,025 sample rate  |  1 minute, 49 seconds

Transcription: The Washington Monument, on the axis between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, is a simple, gleaming tribute in marble to our first president. At 555 and one-half feet, it's the tallest structure in the District of Columbia. This was the first of the major presidential monuments to be built in the nation's capital. The monument was financed by public work was begun in 1848. This damaged photo shows construction well underway. The monument was about half completed when it was halted by political squabbles and later by the Civil War. The color change, still visible part way up the shaft, mar ...

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