Featured News. Greens Sand has been in the silica sand industry since 1979 and has been a distributor of specialised silica sand to the Industrial as well as Leisure market for over 30 years, distributing nationally and across borders. We store a wide range of grades of silica sands.
On the aluminum cap atop the Washington Monument in Washington, DC are two words: Laus Deo. It is true that the words Laus Deo are inscribed on one face of the aluminum point which crowns the apex of the Washington Monument.ashington continues to Give Praise to God On the aluminum cap atop the Washington Monument in Washington, DC are two words: Laus Deo. No one can see these words. In fact, most visitors to the monument have no idea they are even there and...for that matter...probably couldn't care less!
Confidence votes 320K. This famous monument is 555 ft tall and 55'1/12 inches wide at the base. Rounding the numbers for easy mathematical calculation, it would seem that the area of the base of the Washington Monument is 3,025 square feet.