CBS Sunday Morning: The Washington Monument

CBS SUnday Morning: The Washington Monument - Honoring "an idea as much as a man"

CBS Sunday Morning’s Faith Salie visited the Washington Monument on the National Mall to celebrate the anniversary of the monument’s dedication ahead of Presidents’ Day and George Washington’s birthday. The Washington Monument’s construction and completion illustrates the role of private philanthropy in helping shape our most iconic structures on the National Mall.

Did you know that nearly every monument and memorial on the National Mall was created in part through private donations? These citizen-led efforts have made it possible to tell our American story.

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