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 ...

Made of granite and marble, the Washington Monument was designed to look like an Egyptian obelisk. Also, it was the tallest structure in the world until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was completed ...

For Washington’s Monument, historian John Steele Gordon attempts a centuries-long history of the obelisk, told through the lens of the construction of the Washington Monument.The obelisk, a four-sided ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Famed obelisk was closed after August 2011 earthquake. ... the Washington Monument is finally set to reopen after it suffered widespread damage in an August 2011 earthquake along the East Coast.

The Washington Monument, closed since a 2011 earthquake, will reopen Monday with repairs, reinforcements and some new stones. ... The 555-foot obelisk has been closed since August 2011, ...

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?

This Tuesday, July 3, 2007, photo shows the skyline of Washington, D.C., including the Washington Monument, ... the proud country celebrated the awe-inspiring obelisk as the tallest structure in ...