 THE PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT. DEDICATED IN 1910, THIS MONUMENT IS VERY LARGE, AND HAS
INTERNAL STAIRCASES TO GO UP INTO IT. I ATTEMPTED TO DO THIS WITH MUCH
DIFFICULTY...
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 THESE TWO PHOTOS WERE TAKEN SECONDS APART. I WAS ABOUT TO
ASCEND THE STAIRS, AND DECIDED TO TAKE A COUPLE PHOTOS OF THE ARCHWAY FIRST. THE
STRANGE BLACK FORM IS UNEXPLAINABLE, EXCEPT TO SAY THAT "SOMETHING" MADE ME VERY
SICK AS I CLIMBED UP THIS GREAT MONUMENT. THE FURTHER UP I WENT, THE WORSE MY
SYMPTOMS GOT. I FELT DIZZY, NAUSEATED, AND WEAK. I ALSO HAD THE DISTINCT
FEELING OF BEING "UNWELCOME". FINALLY, AFTER STARTING UP THE SECOND FLIGHT OF
STEPS, I HAD TO TURN BACK. AS I DESCE3NDED, I FOUND I COULD NOT WALK DOWN THE
LAST STEPS, AND HAD TO CRAWL. ONCE I GOT TO THE GROUND I BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER,
AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES I FELT FINE.
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 A FAINT ORB NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT
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 THE PEACE LIGHT MEMORIAL. THIS IS INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE LEGEND THAT IS ATTACHED TO
THIS BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT. IT IS SAID THAT IF THE FLAME EVER GOES OUT-"AMERICA
WILL BE NO MORE" IT WAS DEDICATED ON JULY 3, 1938 BY F.D.R.
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