For many of us, we remember the Tower of Victory at Washington’s Headquarters just as you see it here. In actually though, there was a roof on this monument that was damaged from a hurricane in 1950. Now, over three years later from when the initial campaign began, work will hopefully begin. Bidding has been opened for the project that will take an estimated $1.65 million to complete.
-Photo by Janis Borgueta
$1.65 million to complete? Ill do it for 1.5 million and it will look just like that post card. I promise I will pocket at least 1.2 or more of the money. What on earth could cost that much are the shipping all of the materials from Italy? Importing the labor from France? Give me 5 weekends and 6 locals and ill have a roof and stone ramparts/crenels up there for 25k.
John, details on the damage here:
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/12/29/dateline-local-history-tower-victory-newburgh-george-washington/78031868/