Devils Tower in 1890.
On this day in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed
Devils Tower, a massive rock formation in Wyoming, the
country’s first national monument.
He called the “lofty and isolated rock” a “natural wonder.”
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt Jr.
(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)
Devils Tower today draws more than half a million visitors
a year.
SANDY KOZEL
Jerome Allen Seinfeld
Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer is 70
today. Comedy Central named him the 12th-greatest
stand-up comedian of all time.
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was a lawyer,
planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his
presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and
served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
General Jackson
Andrew Jackson Monument Statue in Nashville,
Tennessee.
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.
On December 6, 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers placed a
nine-inch aluminum pyramid inscribed with "Laus Deo,"
meaning praise (be) to God, atop a tower of white marble,
completing the construction of an impressive monument to
the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president, George
Washington.
Aluminum apex showing inscriptions on its east (left)
and north (right) faces.
