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Billionaire Philanthropist to Give Millions to Help Fix Washington Monument

By Good News Network Friday, January 20, 2012

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Washington Monument by DAVID ILIFF License-CC-BY-SA-3.0The billionaire philanthropist David M. Rubenstein will donate $7.5 million to help fix the shuttered, earthquake-damaged Washington Monument, government officials announced Thursday.

The gift once again confirmed Rubenstein’s status as a generous repeat benefactor for Washington’s endangered national icons.

It comes a month after he donated $4.5 million to the National Zoo’s cash-strapped giant panda program and seven months after a $13.5 million gift to the National Archives.

(READ the story in Washington Post)

Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

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