washington monument
Washington’s Monument, February, 1885
Ah, not this marble, dead and cold:
Far from its base and shaft expanding—the round zones circling,
comprehending,
Thou, Washington, art all the world’s, the continents’ entire—
not yours alone, America,
Europe’s as well, in every part, castle of lord or laborer’s cot,
Or frozen North, or sultry South—the African’s—the Arab’s in
his tent,
Old Asia’s there with venerable smile, seated amid her ruins;
(Greets the antique the hero new? ‘tis but the same—the heir
legitimate, continued ever,
The indomitable heart and arm—proofs of the never-broken
line,
Courage, alertness, patience, faith, the same—e’en in defeat
defeated not, the same:)
Wherever sails a ship, or house is built on land, or day or night,
Through teeming cities’ streets, indoors or out, factories or farms,
Now, or to come, or past—where patriot wills existed or exist,
Wherever Freedom, pois’d by Toleration, sway’d by Law,
Stands or is rising thy true monument.
– Walt Whitman
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9th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 John Lennon (musician – The Beatles)
Died:
1967 Che Guevara (Marxist revolutionary)
On This Day:
1888 Washington Monument opens to the public
Have a good Monday, 9th October
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21st February – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Alan Rickman (actor)
Died:
1965 Malcolm X (African American human rights activist – assassinated)
On This Day:
1885 Washington monument indicated (in Washington DC)
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9th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 John Lennon (musician and member of The Beatles)
Died:
1974 Oskar Schindler (German businessman responsible for rescuing hundreds of Jews from Nazi concentration camps)
On This Day
1888 Washington Monument is open to the public
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