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The scaffolding does more than that. It gives us an opportunity to reconsider our least enlightening memorial. Although we fawn over other patriotic marble, we don't get mushy about this monument.
The claim: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed removing the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. A post on Facebook from conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza claimed that two of the most ...
This Tuesday, July 3, 2007, photo shows the skyline of Washington, D.C., including the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) ...
In 2011, the Washington Monument was closed temporarily after being damaged by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake. It reopened in May 2014. Tuesday’s vandalism was not the first time monuments on the ...
2. The first monument design featured a rotunda and a Roman-like George Washington. The initial winning bid came from architect Robert Mills, whose designed a flat-topped obelisk with a statue of ...
The monuments and memorials along the National Mall are some of Washington's most prominent sites. While tourists flock to them every day for corny photo ops, some locals have some not-so-nice ...
The Washington Monument is framed by the blooms of magnolia and cherry trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., April 3, 2021. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images But tickets are selling fast.
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 Monument, closed for five of the past eight years, will reopen Sept. 19 August 16, 2019 More than 5 years ago An early-morning runner heads past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial toward the ...
Fireworks explode over the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol along the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, during the Fourth of July celebration.
Washington Monument retakes its place as a living classroom 02:18 ... "It continues to serve as a memorial to one of the most influential and prominent public figures in our nation's history." AP.
It wasn’t until the early 1830s that serious planning commenced for the Washington Monument, Washington’s first major memorial, which owed its origins to L’Enfant’s drawings.