The view from the western side of the museum is spectacular. It includes the western end of the National Mall, the World War II Memorial, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Washington Monument has always been the quiet constant of the National Mall. It shows up in the background of history books, ...
WASHINGTON (WDCW) — The countdown to 2026 is officially underway, and the nation’s capital is planning to mark the moment in a historic way. For the first time ever, the Washington Monument will be ...
The Washington Monument opened to the public with an elevator. Construction on the massive obelisk began 40 years earlier, in 1848, with private funding, but after a few years, the group building it ...
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Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 127 ...