[Cagey]

Of interest.

[NurdlyPeon]

One more sneaky liberal trick, one more person standing up to it.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Monument as it is atop the stone column, and then explained "there's not enough room," for the cap display to allow people to read the fourth side."

Put it on a motorized base so that it rotates. Won't take up any more room than it does now, and allows visitors to see all sides. More "politically correct" BS from the Fedgov bureaucracy.

[papasmurf]

When will we have enough of this?

Like the libs, I think everybody should start injecting Conservative and Christian “talking points” into every conversation. Make it a point when speaking to any public servant, regardless of station, to throw in a line of support for God and our Conservative beliefs. And then add, oh, I forgot, you’re forbidden to acknowledge God’s Greatness due to the separation of Church and State.

[TXnMA]

At this very moment, I am working on developing "history interpretation" concepts for sites in the region surounding historic Caddo Lake in Texas and Louisana.

Perhaps some enterprising group could build a motor-driven turntable that slowly rotates the top of the pedestal on which the cap rests -- so that all sides are made visible. (Inexpensive clock-drive motors are readily available...)

Similarly, a public (and publicised) donation of a new interpretive placard to go under the cap-- with a "compass rose" to indicate the direcion each side faces atop the monument, and returning to the 2000 wording -- could be made and presented.

Seems to me that, with a large public outcry, (and with no dollar outlay on their part) the NPS would be forced to accept and use the donated "interpretive display aids"... .

[roses of sharon]

Bookmark.

[ZULU]

Donde esta Jorge???

[SkyPilot]

[SQUID]

When this nation loses it’s Christian foundation then the inalienable rights given to us by our creator shall also be lost.

[Notasoccermom]

This is an excerpt from http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/353.php

“Much has been written about the phrase “Laus Deo” appearing at the capstone of the Washington Monument. In fact, so much has been written that it’s taking on the appearance of an urban legend. While, technically, it is true that the Latin phrase meaning “Praise to God” is engraved at the top of the monument, it is disingenuous to state that fact without putting it into context: The phrase is just a very small part of a much larger series of engravings."

Very small part? The entire east face contains nothing but Laus Deo!

[far sider]

Laus Deo faces the east. The highest point in the District of Columbia is 555 feet above sea level. The height of the monument is 555 feet and the base is a little above sea level. The height of the monument was chosen so that when the sun rises the first thing in DC that its light shines on is the side of the cap that says "Praise God."

[The Great RJ]

I’m surprised someone hasn’t gone to the National Archives and tried to black out the numerous references to God in Declaration of Independence.

[kc8ukw]

So, who do we email about this?

[VOA]

“The National Park Service has banished God from a key display of America’s
Christian heritage in Washington...”

I suspect that George would not be pleased, no matter what his personal
concept of “G-d” or “Providence” may have actually been.

Washington’s God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country
by Michael Novak and Jana Novak
http://www.amazon.com/Washingtons-God-Religion-Liberty-Country/dp/0465051278/ref=sr_1_6/104-2220492-1043931?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193418756&sr=1-6

[longtermmemmory]

bump

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Wow. I’m speechless.

[redpoll]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Which part of that don't people understand?

[CharlesWayneCT]

To be honest, the first picture looks like the thing got bumped over to one side of the display case.