View Single Post
Unread 05-14-2013, 01:42 PM   #2
alanint
User
 
alanint's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Marco Island, Florida
Posts: 4,867
Thanks: 1,685
Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts
Default

Most people are not aware that work on the original monument was stopped for years, then resumed. That is why the base is a different color than the balance of the structure.

I believe it is also the world tallest granite structure.
alanint is offline   Reply With Quote