The July Fourth Independence Day Celebration on the National Mall in Washington kicks off Friday morning with the annual ...

National Park lovers have flooded a new comment forum with praise for park staff and their telling of America’s often complex ...

The majority of comments reviewed by The Post were positive, though some visitors complained that there were too many ...

Second, the monuments and memorials – though certainly moving, appropriate, and important in that they keep us forever ...

In 1980, Biscayne National Park, previously a national monument, was established by an act of Congress. The park preserves ...

The Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.’s most recognizable landmark, attracted over 2 million visitors in 1966, 1 million in 1994, and less than 250,000 by 2024. The National Park Service’s ...

The next time you're in Washington, D.C., and you find yourself missing Wilmington, simply make your way to the 23rd level of the 555-foot Washington Monument (that's about the 250-foot mark) for ...

The story behind Sherman Hill’s $675,000 Mifflin E. Bell House includes the Washington Monument and ... the Mifflin E. House has been listed for sale at $675,000 following years of interior ...

In early 19th-century Washington, D.C., the already dysfunctional U.S. Congress couldn’t come to a consensus on what a monument to the first president might look like or how to pay for it.

Watch Video: Building the Washington Monument In a town full of monuments, there's one that stands above them all. Paul Goldberger, professor of design and architecture at the New School in New ...

The Washington Monument will be closed through January 24 and other National Park Service facilities around D. C. will be temporarily closed due to "credible threats" from groups involved in the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The Washington Monument will reopen Monday after it closed temporarily. It was shuttered earlier this week after a government official who led a private tour of the ...