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  1. North America’s Tallest Monumental Columns

    Provided below is a list of the tallest monumental/memorial columns in North America. A minimum height of 30 feet was required to be included. Unlike obelisks which have a squared-off shape rising up the tower, columns are largely rounded structures from their base to the top.

    Peace!

    *Those shown in bold/italics have been seen or climbed by the blog author in person.

    Source: fox8.com Source: en.wikipedia.org Source: visitmexico.com
    1. Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial (1931): Lake Erie, Ohio = 352 feet – see image above

    2. Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración (1944): Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic = 242.8 feet – see image above

    3. Brock’s Monument (1856): Queenston, Ontario, Canada = 184 feet

    4. Washington Monument (1829): Baltimore, Maryland = 178.75 feet

    5. Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument (1908): Brooklyn, New York = 149 feet

    6. El Ángel de la Independencia (1910): Mexico City, Mexico = 148 feet – see image above

    7. Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1877): Boston, Massachusetts = 126 feet

    8-9. Astoria Column (1926): Astoria, Oregon and Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1894): Cleveland, Ohio = 125 feet

    10. Wisconsin Memorial (1911): Vicksburg National Battlefield, Mississippi = 122 feet

    11. World War I Memorial (1929): Providence, Rhode Island = 108.3 feet

    12. Beacon of Hope (2005): Oklahoma City, Oklahoma = 100 feet

    13. Yorktown Victory Monument (1884): Yorktown, Virginia = 98 feet

    14. Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1884): Buffalo, New York = 85 feet

    15. .Illinois Centennial Monument (1918): Chicago, Illinois = 80 feet

    16. Columbus Monument (1892): New York City, New York = 76 feet

    17. James Rumsey Monument (1916): Shepherdstown, West Virginia = 75 feet

    18. Henry Clay Monument (1855): Pottsville, Pennsylvania = 67 feet

    19. Midsummer Carnival Column (1900): Milwaukee, Wisconsin = 65 feet

    20. Nelson’s Monument (1809): Montreal, Quebec, Canada = 62 feet

    21. Lee Circle Column (1884): New Orleans, Louisiana = 60 feet

    22. New York State Monument (1920): Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland = 58 feet

    23. Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1903): St. Paul, Minnesota = 52.5 feet

    24. Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1908): Penn Yan, New York = 52 feet

    25-26. Civil War Memorial (1870): Adrian, Michigan and Ethan Allen Memorial (1873): Burlington, Vermont = 50 feet

    27. Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1874): Lancaster, Pennsylvania = 43 feet

    28. Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1892): Rochester, New York = 42.7 feet

    29. Plaza del Quinto Centenario/El Tótem Telúrico (1992): San Juan, Puerto Rico = 40 feet

    30-51. National Capitol Columns x 22 (1828): Washington, DC = 32 feet (average) – former columns that are standing in the National  Arboretum.

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    #Caribbean #CentralAmerica #cities #columns #history #landUse #memorials #monuments #NorthAmerica #tourism #towers #travel
  2. Deaths confirmed after fire at Canada military base in Alberta

    Emergency crews and military personnel gather at the Wainwright Health Centre as injured military members are treated after…
    #Canada #Alberta #armedforces #businessnews #DavidMcGuinty #GovernmentandPolitics #MarkCarney #northamerica #NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization
    europesays.com/canada/254856/

  3. 🐢 ICYMI: In this #CBC Kids Campfire Story, storyteller Otsistohkwi:yo Elliott shares the #Haudenosaunee creation #story using shadow #puppets. When a woman falls from the Sky World, water #birds and #animals work together to rescue her, placing #earth on a #turtle's back to begin the world anew.

    👉 seethis.tv/post/the-creation-o

    #beaver #culture #paper #firstnations #goose #indigenouspeoples #languages #kids #muskrat #nature #northamerica #otter #singing #storytelling #tradition #turtles #tksst #video

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