News

WASHINGTON — The National Park Service says the Washington Monument remains closed indefinitely to visitors because of damage sustained during last month’s earthquake. Officials say there’s ...
A special look inside the newly restored Washington Monument, set to reopen Thursday 04:20. In our series "American Wonders," we're exploring places that make America wonderful, from majestic ...
The Washington Monument is reopening Thursday, ... Inside the lower part of the monument the walls are not solid. Stone rubble and mortar fill in space between inner and outer walls of smooth stone.
At 550 feet tall, the Washington Monument towers over the District. The public hasn’t been able to peek out the soaring windows in more than three years but the iconic building’s doors will ...
The National Park Service decided to close the monument on both Monday and Tuesday, but it is unknown if the monument will ...
The Washington Monument will be closed for a third day in a row on Wednesday, June 25, as temperatures continue to climb in ...
First look inside repaired Washington Monument 03:39 Stones were chipped and cracked all the way through with deep gashes in some places. Others had hairline cracks that had to be sealed. These ...
Memorial plaques inside the monument from each state seemed to be clean and intact, and the view "is really spectacular," he said. The monument was built in two phases between 1848 and 1884.
Tuesday will be the hottest day of the week, with highs expected to reach nearly 100 degrees and feels-like temperatures up ...
Baltimore’s Washington Monument revealed its biggest secret as a contractor was digging a pit for a septic tank. George Wilk II was overseeing the work in the shadow of the 178-feet column. A… ...