The city was known as Columbia until 1791 when it was named in Washington’s honor. July 4, 1848: The cornerstone of the monument is laid with great fanfare. Within the 24,500 pound marble ...

It wasn’t until 1833 that a group of citizens including Eliza Hamilton, Dolley Madison, Louisa Adams and others formed the Washington National Monument Society. By 1836, the group had elected a ...

The Monument in Newton County in southwest Missouri consists of land that was the 240-acre farm of Moses Carver. George Washington Carver was born in 1864 on that farm, which also became his ...

Planning a camping trip to the Black Hills that includes a visit to the famous Mount Rushmore monument in South Dakota?

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) With the Washington Monument in the background, “Stumpy,” the popular cherry tree, is seen at the tidal basin as cherry trees enter peak bloom in Washington, March ...

History buffs will love the facts and knowledge shared by tour guides and you’ll see the best of the ... This is where a statue of Jefferson permanently stares across the Tidal Basin towards the ...

A tractor-trailer, while trying to turn at the historic War Memorial Monument in downtown Elizabethton, destroyed a cannon ...

Americans took time personally to remember the Father of His Country every February 22 and especially toasted the centennial of his birth in 1832, as well as the Washington Monument's ...