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MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED ON THIS DAY

Washington DC Monuments & Memorials | Museums, Landmarks

The Washington Monument was built in honor of Americas
revolutionary
hero and first president George Washington
and was
dedicated in Washington, D.C. on February 21,
1885.

The 555-foot-high marble obelisk was first proposed in
1783, and Pierre L’Enfant left room for it in his designs
for the new U.S. capital.
 

After George Washington’s death in 1799, plans for a
memorial for the “father of the country” were discussed,
but none were
adopted until 1832, the centennial
of Washington’s birth.
 



Circa 1885 Washington Monument Dedicated Medal. Baker O-322. Second Obverse. White Metal.
 
Facts about the Washington Monument


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VIETNAM MEMORIAL DEDICATED IN 1982

In History – Vietnam War Memorial Dedicated

Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who
served in the
Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
was dedicated in
Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by
thousands of veterans of the conflict.

The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite
wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died
in the conflict, arranged in order of death, not rank, as was
common in other memorials.

The designer of the memorial was Maya Lin, a Yale University architecture student who entered a nationwide competition to
create a design for the monument.         
        
        
        
        
        
 » On Seeing, A Journal. ABOVE and BEYOND: Maya Lin      
Designer and sculptor Maya Ying Lin (64)

The Chinese/American was born in Athens, Ohio.



Maya Lin was still an undergraduate at Yale University
when she beat out more than 1,400 competitors in a
competition to design the memorial.

The Vietnam War Era

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund | The National Salute

USA TODAY: Latest World and US News - USATODAY.com | Vietnam memorial, Vietnam vets, Navy veteran

EAA 2018: Vietnam veterans reflect on Old Glory Honor Flight experience

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TOMB DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1921

WWI Centennial News - World War I Centennial - Page #5

Exactly three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier was
dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in
Virginia during an Armistice Day ceremony presided over by
President
Warren G. Harding (below).

Harding, Warren G., 29th President of the U.S. (1921-1923) - Social Welfare History Project
Warren Gamaliel Harding
(November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923)

Soldier at the Tomb of the Unknown Photograph by Jerry Fornarotto - Fine Art America

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STATUE DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1886

On This Day, October 28th


The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of
France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in
New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

The statue was originally known as “Liberty  Enlightening
the World.”


Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, 1886 | Flickr

1886 Statue Of Liberty Dedication Ceremony, NYC, NY | Flickr

How to Visit the Statue of Liberty in NY with Kids

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FIRST U.S. DIGITAL COMPUTER DEDICATED

UNIVAC 1 - EcuRed

On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicated UNIVAC,
the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in
the United States. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by a team of engineers led by J.
Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first
general-purpose electronic digital computer. These giant
computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for
computation, were the forerunners of today’s digital
computers.

La Historia de la Computadora timeline | Timetoast timelines
John William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert

Linea del tiempo de la Informatica timeline | Timetoast timelines

Univac Was The First Computer Designed Photograph by Everett

Historia y evolución del computador timeline | Timetoast timelines

UNIVAC

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