The ironic post of the day, from Fox News [1]:
Government surveyors will announce on Monday that the official height of the Washington Monument on the capital’s National Mall has been revised downward by nearly ten inches.
The new measurement puts the obelisk’s height at 554 feet, 7 and 11/32 inches, as measured from the floor of the main entrance to the top. Since the monument’s completion in 1884, however, the official height has been recorded as 555 feet, 5 and 1/8 inches.
Some how, I think George would approve. Government surveys correct the height of the monument to the only President who was himself a surveyor. All things as they should be.