Washington Mom-ument (or not)

My guess is that Mom is visiting her brother Jim in Washington in the 1940's - maybe later. What is that wrapped around the Washington Monument?

Sharp suit and a cool 'do.

Update: Well, I thought that was the Washington Monument in the distance behind her, but the National Park Service informs otherwise (my emphasis added):

Your mother is sitting in front of a monument which is an Egyptian obelisk sitting on a rectangular stone base with a very pronounced molding at the top of the base. Obelisks were commonly used as tombstones in cemeteries in the 19th century with names and dates carved on the base. The Washington Monument is a pure obelisk shaft which sits directly on the ground. There is no rectangular base. Your mother is not sitting in front of the Washington Monument. She is perhaps sitting in a cemetery in front of a obelisk shaped tombstone. The Washington Monument is also much larger than the obelisk shown in the photograph. The shadow on the obelisk is puzzling.

Thanks to Gary Scott, Regional Chief Historian of the National Park Service, for setting me straight.

So the question now is, where is this place?

Further Update (2/3/05): The very helpful Perry Wheelock of the National Park Service believes that if Mom was in Washington for this photo, she may have been in Meridian Hill Park in northwest Washington. Several obelisks are there, and the pretty park has been a popular spot for photographs - particularly on Easter. Could that be a shadow of a tree limb on the obelisk? Meridian Hill Park is between the Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant areas of the city.