In a Board of Visitors meeting on Monday, the University announced vague plans for a new construction project — a 100-foot ...

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 ...

In 1833, the Washington National Monument Society formed to raise funds. Architect Robert Mills was chosen to design an ...

The Washington Monument L’Enfant’s initial framework ... That year, the proud country celebrated the awe-inspiring obelisk as the tallest structure in the world. The Lincoln Memorial At ...