Abakhokeli beeNdwendwe kwiWashington DC yezona ndawo ziPhambili zeSizwe
Isikhumbuzo saseWashington, isikhumbuzo kuGeorge Washington, umongameli wokuqala welizwe lethu, ngumhlaba obalaseleyo eWashington, DC kwaye umi njengendawo ephambili ye- National Mall. Isakhiwo esona side kunazo zonke eWashington, DC kunye nemilinganiselo engama-555 inyawo ezi-5 1/8 amasentimitha aphakamileyo. Amaflegi angama-50 azungeze isiseko seMonument yaseWashington efanekisela ama-50 aseMelika. I-elevator ithatha iindwendwe ukuya phezulu ukuze ibone umbono okhangelekayo waseWashington, DC kuquka imibono ekhethekileyo yeSikhumbuzo saseLincoln , iNdlu ye-White , i-Thomas Jefferson Memorial, kunye neCapitol Building .
I-Sylvan Theater, i-amphitheatre yangaphandle esekelwe kwisiseko seMonument yaseWashington, iyindawo eyaziwayo kwimicimbi ebandakanya iintlanganiso zamahhala kwaye zihlala kwimiboniso yeemidlalo, imikhosi yokukhumbula, imirhumo kunye nemibhikisho.
Isikhumbuzo saseWashington ngoku sivaliwe kwiindwendwe. I-elevator iqhutyelwa kwiprojekthi yesimanje ekulindeleke ukuba ixabise i-$ 3 yezigidi. Le projekthi ixhaswa ngemali ngo-David Rubenstein ongububele. Isikhumbuzo kulindeleke ukuba sivulwe kwakhona ngo-2019. Iikiti azitholakali ngeli xesha kwaye ukutyelela kuza kuqhubeka xa ukulungiswa kuphelile.
Bona iifoto zeMonument yaseWashington
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Siseko Ave. kunye ne-15 yeSt.
EWashington, DC
(202) 426-6841
Bona imephu kunye nezikhokelo kwi-National Mall
Iipetroli ezikufuphi eziseMetrosonian kunye ne-L'Enfant Plaza
I-Sylvan Theater - I-Outdoor Stage kwiSikhumbuzo saseWashington
I-Sylvan Theater yindawo yokuzibamba yangaphandle esecaleni elisenyakatho-ntshona ye-Avenue yesitrato se-15 kunye ne-Independence kufuphi neSikhumbuzo se-Washington.
Isayithi yindawo eyaziwayo kwiintlobo ezininzi zeemeko ezibandakanya iintlanganiso zamahhala kwaye zihlala kwimiboniso yemidlalo, imikhosi yokugubha, imirhumo kunye neembhikisho.
Imbali yeSikhumbuzo saseWashington
Iziphakamiso ezininzi zenziwe ukwakha isikhumbuzo esizinikezelwe kuGeorge Washington emva kokunqoba kweMelika yokuHlaziya.
Emva kokufa kwakhe, iCongress yavuma ukuba kwakhiwe isikhumbuzo kwisikhululo sesizwe. Umyili wezakhiwo uRobert Mills wenzelwe iSikhumbuzo ngecebo elincomekayo le-obelisk ende enesigxina saseWashington emi enqwelweni kunye ne-colonnade eneemifanekiso ze-30 ze-Revolutionary War heroes. Ukwakhiwa kweSikhumbuzo seWashington saqala ngo-1848. Nangona kunjalo, i-design yenziwe lula kwaye ayizange igqitywe ngowe-1884, ngenxa yokungabi nakwimali ngexesha leMfazwe yoLuntu. Ukususela ngoJulayi 1848 iWashington National Monument Society yamenywa ukuba, iidolophu kunye neentlanga zentlanga zenze igalelo lokukhunjulwa ngamatye ukuze kukhunjulwe uGeorge Washington. Amatye ekhumbuzo angama-192 agcoba iindonga zangaphakathi zesikhumbuzo.
Ukususela ngo-1998 ukuya ku-2000, i-Monument yaseWashington yabuyiselwa kwaye indawo entsha yolwazi yakhiwa ngaphantsi kwebhokisi lokujonga. Ngo-2005, udonga olutsha lwakhiwa malunga nekhumbuzo ukuphucula ukhuseleko. Inyikima ye-5.8 ngo-Agasti 2011, yabonakalisa i-elevator kunye neengxenye zesityekiso phakathi kweenyawo ezingama-475 kunye ne-530 kwiimitha ngaphantsi komhlaba. Isikhumbuzo sivaliwe iminyaka engama-2.5 ukulungiswa okubiza i-$ 7.5 yezigidi. Kwiminyaka emibini nje kamva umphakami wayeka ukusebenza. Isikhumbuzo okwangoku silungiswa.
Iwebhusayithi Esemthethweni: http://www.nps.gov/amo/home.htm