Surrounded by eager school children, first lady Melania Trump formally reopened the Washington Monument on Thursday ... the new program allows fourth grade students to get a free annual pass ...

The Washington Monument was temporarily closed ... The obelisk is named after the first president of the United States and attracts over 600,000 visitors a year. ABC News' Beatrice Peterson ...

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 ...

The Washington Monument is a globally iconic image of the United States. But it grew to its stature in fits and starts. "From the first, the society had trouble collecting money," historian John ...

The plans for the structure began in 1835, as The Washington National Monument Society appointed ... Polk, former first lady Dolley Madison, and future presidents James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson ...