After months of work and thousands of cross braces, screw jacks, frames, girts and super girts, the repair scaffolding around the exterior of the Washington Monument was topped off just before ...

The Washington Monument re-opened Tuesday, after being closed for nearly three years following an earthquake that cracked and shook loose some of the stones. Towering scaffolding enabled workers ...

(AP) WASHINGTON - Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the obelisk and may keep it closed into 2014 after it was damaged by an earthquake last ...

so visitors to the Washington Monument this summer may be disappointed that the view of the iconic memorial has been obscured by its renovation. Or not. Covered by a web of scaffolding and semi ...

The Washington Monument is broken — and it hasn’t looked so good in years. Put in place after the structure was damaged by an earthquake in 2011, the scaffolding creeping up the 555-foot stone ...

The Washington Monument is about to become even more easily distinguished: Beginning sometime this winter, it will become a 555-foot high obelisk surrounded by scaffolding. Winter is when the ...

WASHINGTON — Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the 555-foot obelisk and may keep it closed into 2014 after it was damaged by an earthquake ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Park Service says crews will begin removing the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument starting in less than two weeks. The scaffolding was erected to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Workers have started building scaffolding around the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument to make repairs to the damaged stonework following a 2011 earthquake. The workers were ...

but visitors to the Washington Monument this summer may be disappointed that the view of the iconic memorial has been obscured by its renovation. Or not. Covered by a web of scaffolding and ...

WASHINGTON — Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the 555-foot obelisk and may keep it closed into 2014 after it was damaged by an earthquake ...