The National Park Service illuminated the Washington Monument for the first time Monday night with 488 decorative lamps. The soaring obelisk will now light up every evening as it undergoes repairs ...

Construction on the Washington Monument began in 1848, but would not be completed for another 37 years. This photo was taken during the building process. The obelisk-shaped design followed earlier ...

The Washington Monument has shrunk. After 130 years of wind, rain and snow, countless lightning strikes and an earthquake, the rugged obelisk on the Mall has finally given in to the elements. But ...

Originally called the Washington Monument it was renamed to celebrate the defeat of Donald Trump & his racist minions in 2020." Sen. Tom Cotton: "Are we going to tear the Washington Monument down?

In our nation's capital one monument stands above them all: a 555-foot-tall marble obelisk that ended up the perfect expression of what our first president was, and still is, in the minds of the ...

Since the 5.8 magnitude earthquake, the 130-year-old monument was covered in scaffolding to repair the more than 150 cracks in the 555-foot obelisk's white marble.

The Washington Monument will emerge bruised but not broken for its grand reopening Monday, when visitors will once again be zipping up the elevators of the capital's tallest attraction.

It’s so hot in D.C. that the Washington Monument is closed for tours. Going to the top of the monument to see the spectacular views in all directions is a tourist favorite. But as Storm Team4 ...

The designs Pierre L'Enfant created for George Washington spearheaded the development of Washington, D.C., as it stands today.

Conceived soon after the American Revolution ended, the great monument to George Washington was not finally completed until almost a century later; the great obelisk was finished in 1884, and ...

And so, only the obelisk was built.” An engraving of Robert Mills’ original design for the Washington Monument. (Library of Congress) ...