Talk:Washington Monument (Baltimore)

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The claim to being the first Washington Monument is in error, I think. There's another one in Maryland that was completed in 1827, 2 years prior. Washington Monument State Park History has the MD Department of Natural Resources history for it. There's a similar problem at the listing page Washington_Monuments_(world), which also claims that the Baltimore monument was first.

Since this invalidates the major claim to fame for the monument, this may involve some bigger changes. I'm a bit too new to Wikipedia to know how best to fix this one. Anybody else? Mlwilson 06:13, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

...and I've at least added the verify source tag to the claim to being first. Mlwilson 06:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I have added clarification that it was the first monument to be planned if not built. --Jdurbach 16:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)