The Washington Monument is broken — and it hasn’t looked so good in years. Put in place after the structure was damaged by an earthquake in 2011, the scaffolding creeping up the 555-foot stone ...

The Washington Monument is reopening Thursday, after three years of renovations to modernize its elevator and construct a new security screening facility. The monument was built to honor George ...

Inspectors have now determined most of the federal buildings and landmarks in Washington D.C. are structurally sound, but few, including the Washington Monument have been deemed unsafe.

The Know-Nothings threw the so-called Pope Stone into the Potomac, then staged a coup, taking over the society charged with building the monument, in 1855. Construction ground to a halt.

The Washington Monument reopens to visitors on September 19 after several years of repairs. Find out what’s changed in one of Washington, D.C.’s, most beloved tourist attractions.

The tallest building in Washington is reopening to the public. After a three-year closure, the Washington Monument will reopen to the public at noon on Thursday. First lady Melania Trump is ...

Can't make it to the nation's capital this year? The Bennington Battle Monument in Vermont is the perfect dupe for the ...

The National Park Service has closed the Washington Monument, citing “credible threats to visitors and park resources” around the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Jeffrey P ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WHTM) — On February 21, 1885, hundreds of people gathered to dedicate the tallest building in the world, the Washington Monument. It took a lot of years, a lot of work, and a ...

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 ...

Fireworks burst on the National Mall above the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building during ...