The District of Columbia War Memorial on Independence Avenue across the Tidal Basin from the Jefferson Memorial also features a Vermont marble dome, visibly afflicted with an extensive — and ...

WASHINGTON — A D.C. task force is recommending renaming nearly 50 D.C. sites whose namesakes don't reflect the values of District residents, ranging from schools honoring Wodrow Wilson to ...

The Jefferson, Washington, DC has been catering to Washington's most elite visitors since 1923, providing a taste of European luxury in the heart of the United States capital. The Beaux-Arts era ...

A task force formed by Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has called for dozens of landmarks in the nation’s capital to be “removed, renamed or contextualized” over ties to slaver… ...

Columns from the Jefferson Memorial frame the lightning photo. Rain drops on the camera's lens may have distorted the lightning flash above the monument's tip. The camera was a Sony a7rII, f/10 ...

A local government advisory commission in Washington, D.C. has recommended sweeping name changes for schools, government buildings, and public spaces in the nation’s capital, and is urging city ...

A committee reporting to Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has come up with a list of dozens of historical monuments, schools, parks, government buildings and other structures that it ...

The views from the Salamander Washington DC are impressive: Guests can take in the D.C. skyline, monuments and water vistas from higher floors.

This post was updated on February 7, 2025. The Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial are Washington's most prominent public monuments, but there are plenty more within ...

Among the targets are the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. ... The task force, known as DCFACES (District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions), ...