In July 1827, residents of Boonsboro, Maryland, built the majority of the Washington Monument in just one day. Dorvall Bedford On the morning of July 4, 1827, residents of Boonsboro, Maryland ...

Few structures represent the United States as powerfully as the Washington Monument. At the center of Washington, D.C., the impressive marble obelisk (555 feet tall and 55 feet wide) pays grand ...

The Washington Monument L’Enfant’s initial framework for Washington was largely ignored for decades, as the district remained ...

The plans for the structure began in 1835, as The Washington National Monument Society appointed bonded agents to collect funds from the public for construction of a monument to George Washington.

The Washington Monument, which has been closed for renovations for the last three years, is ready to open to the public again. Yesterday the park service held a ceremony to announce the opening ...

Up 227 dimly lit, winding steps, the view from the top of the fully restored Washington Monument offers a picturesque scene of Baltimore and the four surrounding squares in Mount Vernon below.

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. After the ...