"Answers"

What type of building is the Washington Monument? Obelisk

Style Origin? Ancient Egypt

Symbology? In Egyptian mythology, the obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra, and during the religious reformation of Akhenaten it was said to have been a petrified ray of the Aten, the sundisk. Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator god Atum settled in the creation story of the Heliopolitan creation myth form of Ancient Egyptian religion. The Benben stone (also known as a pyramidion) is the top stone of the Egyptian pyramid.

It is also phallic, which has been pointed out very often.

What does the Bible say about sacred pillars?

Exodus 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

Exodus 34:13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images

Leviticus 26:1 Promise of Blessing and Retribution ‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 16:22 You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

Jeremiah 43:13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.”

Several more verses...

What is the height of the Monument? 555 ft

What is the height of the Monument according to the National Park Service in 1884? 555 feet 5+1⁄8 inches. ~555.5ft https://www.britannica.com/topic/Washington-Monument-Washington-DC

What would that be in inches? 6666 inches

Sides of the Monument? How long are they? 55 ft or 55.5 ft depending on source

How long in inches? 660-666 inches

Who was the architect of the Monument? Robert Mills

Background?

Mills studied in Charleston, South Carolina, as a student in the lower school at the College of Charleston and of Irish architect James Hoban, and later worked with him on his commission for the White House. This became the official home of US presidents. Both Hoban and Mills were Freemasons.

What was placed in the corner of the Monument?

Cornerstone

Significance?

https://www.freemason.com/behind-masonic-symbols-cornerstone/

traditionally with the stone placed in the !!northeast!! corner of the foundation.

What building did a newspaper article claim Washington placed the same thing in?

The DC Capitol building

Can they find that thing today?

No. https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/buildings-grounds/capitol-building/first-cornerstone

What is the background of that one newspaper?

The ceremony proceedings were reported in an article in The Columbia Mirror and Alexandria Gazette, which remains the !!only!! known eyewitness account of the event.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Gazette

Who was its first publisher? (This may just be a really strange coincidence)

Edgar Snowden

Purpose in changing Washington's beliefs in written history?

"If the greatest hero in American history was a freemason then...[propaganda conclusion]" They must be good. They must be above board. They must be compatible with Christianity.

https://thefreemasons.info/was-washington-a-christian-or-a-freemason/284

What does this group defending Freemasonry say about you if you think it is not Christian?

"The thought that Freemasonry is not compatible with a man’s religion..." has been the position of many extremist groups throughout history, including the National Socialists (Nazi’s) of Germany during world war 2. Freemasons were actually some of the first to be rounded up and executed in concentration camps, because the people under Nazi Germany rule were convinced by state propaganda about the “evils” of Freemasonry.