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Monday December 22nd 2025
July 2013 Alley Newspaper: JULY Jubilees
July Jubilees
- 53rd Somali Independence Day July 1 Ӣ pg 8
- 237th United States of America Independence Day July 4
- Midtown Global Market Music Festival July 13 ”¢ pg 8
- Midtown Phillips Festival at Stewart Park  July 20 ”¢ pg 4
- Midtown Global Smoothie “Smackdown” July 20 ”¢ pg 8
- Haitian Unity Night with Tonton Dezirab ”¢Â July 20 ”¢ pg 8
- ASI MN Hot Shop Herring Glass Blowout  ”¢Â July 25 ”¢ pg 4
- Midtown Greenway “Tour de Fat” July 27 ”¢ Pg 4
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The Mollan family obelisk
The Mollan family obelisk monument marks the gravesite of an uncertain number of Mollan family members buried “full casket” or as “cremains”. It is about 87 years old and is 9 feet -7 29/32 inches high. The Washington Monument obelisk is 57 ½ times taller.
Obelisks are the, most widespread of all cemetery art. Most 1840 to 1850 cemeteries have this Egyptian, Greek, and Roman influence in tomb art. Obelisks were popular because of tastefulness, pure uplifting lines, association with ancient greatness, small space needs, easier visibility, and lower cost than fancier sculpted monuments.
Obelisks are square, tapering up to a pyramidal capital with three distinct sections: base, shaft, and capital. During the 1800s, stonemasons used a variety of obelisk types, some with straight shafts and different tops from blunt to cross-vaulted on the top. Obelisks provide more inscription surface and are usually found on family burial sites and/or those of people of high social status.
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Washington Monument obelisk
July 4th 1848 and July 4th 2013
The Washington Monument cornerstone was set July 4th 1848. Construction of the marble obelisk was halted for lack of money for 25 years during the Civil War era and resumed 25 years later in 1876.
It has 700,000 visitors a year but has been closed since 2011 earthquake damage.The Park Service will complete repairs and reopen it by spring of 2014.
For the July 4th 2013 holiday the monument was adorned with special decorative lighting. “It”'s an icon in this country, so you don”'t want it just sort of sitting here with a big scaffolding around it for a year,” Jonathan Jarvis, National Park Service Director said.
On July 4th when the Sun reached the altitude of the tip of the obelisk at exactly 8º 36”', the Sun, the Capitol Building and Jefferson Memorial aligned within a precision of less than 1 degree.
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