Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. The Washington Monument stands tall and proud, a symbol of national unity and leadership. By night, its marble surface is illuminated, casting a soft glow over ...

The National Park Service shared a message on Monday that had several Washington ... marks how far the towering monument was lowered underground every night in the 1940s to help planes avoid ...

By Shawn McCreesh Reporting from the Kennedy Center in Washington It was the night after President Trump ... so grand it could fit the Washington Monument laid on its side. They reached the ...

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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 ...

At the western end of the National Mall, the Washington Monument towers over our country’s capital. The 555-foot obelisk—a four-sided stone pillar with a pyramid-shaped top—was built to ...