Sometimes an obelisk is just an obelisk?

In light of recent speculation on what the Amazon logo represents, and in light of the threats to publish Bezos pics,

here is my idle speculation as an archaeologist of earlier times.

 

 

The female pharaoh Hatshepsut had to have an obelisk built for her. She also wore a false beard.

 

 

Washington was the father of his country.

 

The oldest outdoor monument in NYC, this obelisk—orinally built in 1450 BC on the banks of the Nile in the city of Heliopolis and gifted from Egypt in 1881—stands erect in Central Park’s Knoll, between the Great Lawn and the Metroplitan Museum of Art.

Sometimes it isn't just an obelisk. I didn't get to photograph the event but, in December of 2005, as a symbol of the campaign against AIDS, the obelisk of Buenos Aires was covered with a giant condom. Several images are in the linked article.

Interesting story. Sometimes a beard is just a beard ;)

 

There are a lot of obelisks at the Gettysburg battle field. I suspect obelisks ARE obelisks in that context.

Lincoln's Tomb Springfield Il.

Model of the Washington Monument displayed at the US Botanic Garden during its holiday flower display last December.