In a recent post I observed that this country seems to be littered with obelisks in the shape of the Washington Monument. (Actually, I noted that, in my travels, I’d stumbled upon exactly two facsimiles of the famous monument in D.C.) Picking up on that implied challenge, faithful reader Joel R. offered this photo (plucked from cyberspace) of a monument to Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr., who was evidently the only fatality of the Lewis and Clark expedition. What’s more, the monument is claimed to be the United States’ first National Historic Landmark. It’s in Sioux City, by the way.

Perhaps, during your post-Covid travels this summer, you will find another example of this recurrent architecture. If you do, I would appreciate a photo to add to my collection.