clair055

I've tried to get back into the groove of active posting by sharing old pictures on my Facebook page for "History Is Elementary" in the evening over the last several days. What?  You don't "like" me on Facebook? Well, what are you waiting for? Look on the right sidebar and scroll down to find the Facebook "like" box and click that sucker pronto! There...don't you feel better, now? So, anyway, Tuesday night I posted this picture of the Washington Monument. Yes, I know.  It doesn't look right, does it?  At the point this picture was taken the construction had been suspended. In fact, the monument sat for 25 years with no action whatsoever. Of course, knowing that the above picture was taken in 1860 it would be very easy to surmise construction stopped because of the Civil War...and to a point, you would be right, but the war isn't the only reason why construction stopped. Work was suspended around 1854, six years prior to the first shot...