Editing Washington Monument (section)

===Dedication===
The Monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885.<ref name=DedicationNYT/> Over 800 people were present on the monument grounds to hear speeches during a frigid day by Ohio Senator [[John Sherman (politician)|John Sherman]] (1823–1900), the Rev. Henderson Suter, [[William Wilson Corcoran]] (of the Washington National Monument Society) read by Dr. James C. Welling because Corcoran was unable to attend, [[Freemason]] Myron M. Parker, Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey of the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]], and President [[Chester A. Arthur]].<ref name="reeves413"/><ref name=Harvey/>{{rp|104}}<ref name=Crutchfield>{{cite book|last=Crutchfield|first=James A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxP8vG5I2NkC&pg=PA218|page=218|title=George Washington: First in War, First in Peace|year=2005|location=New York|publisher=A Forge Book: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC|isbn=0765310694|oclc=269434694}}</ref> President Arthur proclaimed:<blockquote> I do now&nbsp;... in behalf of the people, receive this monument&nbsp;... and declare it dedicated from this time forth to the immortal name and memory of George Washington.<ref name=Crutchfield/></blockquote>
[[File:Washington-Monument-1885.png|thumb|upright=1|Monument plans and timeline of construction]]
After the speeches Lieutenant-General [[Philip Sheridan]] (1831–1888), [[American Civil War|Civil War]] Cavalry veteran and then General-in-Chief of the [[United States Army]] led a procession, which included the dignitaries and the crowd, past the Executive Mansion, now the [[White House]], then via [[Pennsylvania Avenue]] to the east main entrance of the [[United States Capitol|Capitol Building]], where President Arthur (1829–1886, served 1881–1885) received passing troops. Then, in the House of Representatives Chamber at the Capitol, the president, his Cabinet, diplomats and others listened to Representative [[John Davis Long]] (1838–1915), (former [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts|Lieutenant Governor]] and [[Governor of Massachusetts]] and future [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]) read a speech written a few months earlier by [[Robert C. Winthrop]] (1809–1894), formerly the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] when the cornerstone was laid 37 years earlier in 1848, but now too ill to personally deliver his speech.<ref name=Harvey/>{{rp|234–260}} A final speech was given by [[John W. Daniel]] (1842–1910), of Virginia, a well-regarded lawyer, author and Representative (congressman), and Senator. The festivities concluded that evening with fireworks, both aerial and ground displays.<ref name=Harvey/>{{rp|260–285}}<ref name=DedicationCongress>[https://archive.org/details/dedicationofwash00unit ''The Dedication of the Washington National Monument''], 1885.</ref><ref name="reeves414">{{cite book| last = Reeves| first = Thomas C.| title = Gentleman Boss| url = https://archive.org/details/gentlemanbosslif00reev| url-access = registration| date = 1975| publisher = Alfred A. Knopf| location = New York| isbn = 978-0-394-46095-6| page = [https://archive.org/details/gentlemanbosslif00reev/page/414 414] }}</ref>