The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is 284 ft 6 in., minus 30 feet for Victory — that still leaves Indianapolis 18-and-a-half ...

Meanwhile, in 1841, Queen Victoria’s husband, Albert, had introduced Britain to the Teutonic tannenbaum—the Christmas tree—and the idea spread. In the States, President Franklin Pierce put ...

"The trees have a story of their own assembly; even after it is finished, they will live forever. In this sense, I realised the ideal way of architecture in the future through the Christmas tree." ...