6 December 1884 December 5, 2014 Author: Staff The Washington Monument in Washington, DC, is finished. Famous Words of Inspiration..."When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency." Harry Truman — Click here for more from Harry Truman Related posts: 29 December 1170 6 December 2008 6 December 1907 6 December 1921 16 December 1972 Categories: History Tags: 1884, 6 December