These photos were taken at Maryhill, Washington. Stonehenge is a full-scale replica of the original, dedicated in July 1918 to the memory of those from Klickitat County Washington who died in World War One. It was the first WWI Memorial in the United States. The first two photos are for fun -- If you can't have fun, why bother?
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"Hengehog!" "Rockchuck, groundhog, marmot... I don't care what you call it; the cat's missing, and my tailgate's scratched!" |
"Ferrethenge" "Now where did that Marmot get to?" |
The text on the sign (just between the ferret's head and the monument in the above photo, and pictured below) reads as follows:
"The structure before you is the first monument in our nation to military personnel who gave their lives in World War I. Memorializing 13 young Klickitat County men, it also serves as lasting reminder of the works of Samuel Hill, patron of this region. He established a townsite here, with postoffice, hotel, general store, nearly 10 miles of experimental paved roads, and the Maryhill Museum three miles to the west - all on his own land. His tomb is 50 yards distant, on the opposite side of this monument.
"The design duplicates in size and original form England's famous Stonehenge (dated 1900 - 1350 B. C.) on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. When Hill, a Quaker pacifist, visited England during the 1914-18 conflict, saw Stonehenge and was told it had been used for human sacrifices to pagan gods he remarked: "After all our civilization, the flower of humanity still is being sacrificed to the god of war on fields of battle." From that inspiration came this monument, built by Hill. On July 4, 1918 the altar stone was dedicated. The full structure was completed and dedicated May 30, 1929.
"Today the sacrifice legend is generally discredited. Current belief is that Stonehenge was a device used by stoneage astronomers to measure time and mark seasons of the year by observing positions of the sun and moon. The diagram at left suggests how the original may have been used by its ingenious builders."
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"Stonehenge on the Columbia, View 2a"
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"Stonehenge on the Columbia, View 2b"
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"Stonehenge on the Columbia, View 2c"
Looking West toward Mt. Hood
