The Washington Monument decorated with Christmas lights stands out in the early morning sky in view from Charles Street. Andrea Carros Schrenk, an instructor at the Pennsylvania Institute of ...

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At the Washington Monument, I overheard tourists asking an important question, one that gets to the very root of our national identity: Is this the end of the line? Also: Why is it shaped like that?

(Kenneth K. Lam/Staff) Elijah Hershberger, 13, right, of Baltimore, and brother William, 12, found a higher vantage point next to a lion sculpture to view the lighting of the Washington Monument ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.--The Washington monument is 100 feet higher than it was in August, 1880, and the rapidity with which the shaft can be built is dependent, in the working ... View Full Article ...

The District's beloved Washington Monument is closed for tours as temperatures continue to rise across the D.C. area, with heat index values expected to reach up to 110 degrees.

Building the Washington Monument 04:19. 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 York ...

The Washington Monument opens daily at 9 a.m. V isitors can obtain timed tickets to take a 70-second elevator ride to the observation floor 500 feet above the ground for a spectacular view of the ...

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