In honoring Sister Veronica plans are in the works to have a Memorial Garden built for all the work she has done. Sister ...

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 ...

Anyone who had a ticket before 10 a.m. was allowed to take a tour, but then tours ended for the day. The 555-foot-tall obelisk is air-conditioned, but the system can’t keep up on steamy days ...

Explore the Washington Monument's history, significance, & surprising facts. Learn why this iconic symbol took 36 years to build & its enduring fame.

Polling shows significant support for president’s deployment of servicemen in California as military parade set to take place ...

On Dec. 6, 1884 — 36 years after construction had begun — the 3,300-pound aluminum capstone was placed atop the obelisk, making the Washington Monument, at 555 feet, the world’s tallest ...

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.

Few structures represent the United States as powerfully as the Washington Monument. At the center of Washington, D.C., the impressive marble obelisk (555 feet tall and 55 feet wide) pays grand ...

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 ...