Engineers will begin rappelling down the sides of the Washington Monument on Tuesday to check for cracks and other damage from the surprisingly strong East Coast quake last month.

Businessman and philanthropist David Rubenstein has agreed to donate $2 to $3 million to renovate the Washington Monument's elevator, but the D.C. landmark will remain closed at least until 2019.

WASHINGTON — After 32 months, the Washington Monument is finally set to reopen after it suffered widespread damage in an August 2011 earthquake along the East Coast.. Since the 5.8 magnitude ...

The 363-foot projection of the rocket will also be flashed on the monument Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. It’s part of the Apollo 50 Festival, which includes performances ...

Visitors to Washington can once again survey the city and gaze upon its surroundings from a beloved vantage. After being closed for more than three years, the Washington Monument, one of the city ...

Washington Monument retakes its place as a living classroom 02:18 "For our purposes we'll still use the historic height rather than the architectural height, since they're measured from different ...

The remaining scaffolding around the Washington Monument will begin to come down this week. The monument will officially reopen on May 12, the National Park Service announced Tuesday. One of ...

WASHINGTON — The soaring white obelisk is a defining feature of the capital’s architectural landscape, but visitors to the Washington Monument this summer may be disappointed that the view of ...

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 ...

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.