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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

PRESIDENTS OF WAR:
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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Feb 27

    Capstone of Washington Monument, photographed early 1930s: #LOCpic.twitter.com/Ta4DXNmtoD

    6:05 PM - 27 Feb 2018
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      1. 𝕁𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕪  🌊‏ @piratejeffrey Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        that’s where the alien communication crystals are stored. i read it on the internet.

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      1. Capitolist‏ @capitolistdc Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Perspective.pic.twitter.com/FP0AsoHb7b

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      1. Timothy Chester‏ @accidentalcio Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        With a drone?

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      2. Tom Fitzgerald‏Verified account @FitzFox5DC Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        What’s your point? 😉

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      1. Eric Williams‏ @Eric_Williams_1 Feb 27
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        pic.twitter.com/PmGn5uVINl

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      1. terence  🇮🇪 🇺🇸 🇬🇧‏ @pompanostrappo Feb 27
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        They did this without drones?! A view I've never seen before. It's magnificent.

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      1. Frank C. Siraguso‏ @siraguso Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Aluminum, right?

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      1. Jo Miller‏ @7295murphy Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Is it just sitting up there or did they cement it in place?

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      2. BBL‏ @bobby2700 Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        How'd they get that shot?

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      3. RH Manfredjinsinjin‏ @RMnfrdjinsinjin Feb 27
        Replying to @bobby2700 @BeschlossDC

        Well, it would be fairly easy to reset the original scaffolding that allowed external access from the viewing windows to the top. That is how the capstone was originally placed.

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      1. D. Maurice Kreis‏ @DMoKreis Feb 28
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The background does not look like Washington DC (or northern Virginia)

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      1. Paul Sullivan‏ @DrPJSullivan Feb 27
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        https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/historyculture/index.htm …

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      1. Paul Sullivan‏ @DrPJSullivan Feb 27
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        Aluminum?

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      1. Jeremy Dubert‏ @jeremydubert Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        illuminati

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      2. Jedi‏ @BostonCarvrJedi Feb 27
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Made of aluminum, which was as valuable, if not more valuable than gold at the time.

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      3. Midnight Rambler‏ @mramblr Feb 27
        Replying to @BostonCarvrJedi @BeschlossDC

        And the process to make it cheaply was invented about two years later.

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      4. Westside Fireman‏ @WestsideFireman Feb 27
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        By the guy that founded ALCOA.

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