Dream fragment

I couldn't sleep so I was strolling among the many other people lying asleep on the ground. A history documentary presenter was walking along as he narrated to camera; this broadcast was going out by satellite. I fell into step beside him because it was the most interesting thing going on. He explained that the Belgians had wanted the British to erect their own Washington Monument but they didn't. The British further irritated them by subsequently erecting a fairly tall monument in honor of Emperor Hirohito on the Canadian side of the Niagara River. The monument was quite a nice white-painted obelisk with the carved text painted black.