08
Dec
PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY
CAMILLE BOHANNON
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08
Dec
END OF THE WAR ANNOUNCED ON THIS DAY
At a news conference, President Richard Nixon said that the
Vietnam War is coming to a “conclusion as a result of the
plan that we have instituted.”
Nixon had announced at a conference in Midway in June that
the United States would be following a new program he termed “Vietnamization.”
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07
Dec
REMEMBERING A PAST EVENT IN HISTORY
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06
Dec
A FINISHING TOUCH ON THIS DAY IN 1884
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 (below).
Illustration depicts the construction of the Washington Monument, "on the baseball ground, near the White
House" (according to the caption) in Washington, D.C.
(circa 1875)
A city law passed in 1910 restricted the height of new buildings
to ensure that the monument will remain the tallest structure in Washington, D.C.—a fitting tribute to the man known as the
“Father of His Country.”
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