A Monumental Difference

Can you spot the difference?

Other than the pictures being from two different time periods, what other difference do you see in the pictures? To look closely at each image, use the slide bar.
 
Image of obelisk pre-1930 Image of obelisk pre-1930

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Image of obelisk pre-1930
Credit: NPS image

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Image of obelisk 2020
Credit: NPS image

 

A Monumental Difference Answer


The entire base of the monument and the landscape behind it is completely different.

The obelisk was created in 1896, but by the 1930s the base was redesigned when it was moved from one location to another. As far as we know, the base was changed due to the changing styles of the times.

Read through the stories below to uncover the reasoning behind these changes.

 

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