1.   Although the monument is surrounded by the Crow Indian Reservation, successive monument superintendents did not encourage the effort to build it.

2.   Across the way, two concentric circles of wood and wire fencing surrounded the monument to the first president, George Washington.

3.   The scaffolding surrounding the monument has become an architectural attraction itself.

4.   The strongest issue in sight these days in Washington is whether the restoration scaffolding surrounding the monument has proved to be a more glorious attraction than the monument itself.

5.   Dozens of police officers surrounded the monument and bomb experts defused the mines, according to officers at the scene.

6.   Hundreds of police in riot gear surrounded the monument or were posted nearby, but appeared to have few problems.

7.   Surrounding the monument is a circular wall with covered wagons carved into it.

8.   The mourners laid flowers on the rocks surrounding the monument.

9.   There the new concrete monument is surrounded by knee-high granite stones marking the foundations of the old barn.

10.   They get inside by climbing the fence surrounding the monument.