Washington Monument State Park

The Washington Monument State Park is a state park with the first monument that was dedicated to George Washington. The 59 hectare site is located 6 km east of Boonsboro in Washington County of the U.S. state of Maryland. The monument consists of a brick of rugged boulders 10.4 m high tower with base at 470 meters.

History

On July 4, 1827 at 7 clock 500 residents had gathered in Boonsboro, to behind the Stars and Stripes to march together to the place which had been chosen for the construction. In choosing the site the large crowd had played a role in baufähigem granite. Due to lack of water at the site could not be stated enough mortar, so the stones were sorted on site and processed so that they fit exactly to one another. By the afternoon, by 16 clock of the base with 16.5 m circumference was established and reached a tower height of 4.5 m. At the conclusion of this extraordinary day the Declaration of Independence of the United States was solemnly read and discharged gun salute. The monument was completed in the same year.

1882, the monument was renovated and built an access road for vehicles. A decade later, cracks occurred in the walls that have not been repaired, so that the decay began and was removed from the monument in ruins. 1920 acquired the Washington County Historical Society the place and gave him in 1934 the state of Maryland to establish a State Park. The tower was restored by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps. On July 4, 1936, the completed works were celebrated.

Infrastructure

In the State Park there are playgrounds, walking trails, covered picnic areas, picnic areas and a small museum. The good view of the Cumberland Valley is used by ornithologists to count the pervading migratory birds.