In 1980, Biscayne National Park, previously a national monument, was established by an act of Congress. The park preserves ...

A local group known as Silence Dogood is confronting President Trump’s border czar and others with historic light displays.

A previous attempt at a memorial for Harvey Milk at the District’s Congressional Cemetery fell by the wayside due to lack of ...

Tuesday will be the hottest day of the week, with highs expected to reach nearly 100 degrees and feels-like temperatures up ...

The Washington Monument will be closed for a third day in a row on Wednesday, June 25, as temperatures continue to climb in ...

Washington’s statue replaced an earlier marble monument lost in the Capitol fire of 1831 and came as North and South were dividing in the United States ...

A man was arrested after climbing the George Washington monument in Union Square Thursday night, police said.

UNION SQUARE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man was arrested after climbing the George Washington monument in Union Square Thursday night, police said. Maksim Katsnelson, 39, was allegedly on top of the ...

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George Washington was born on Feb. 22, ... the Washington Monument stood 152 feet tall and the Washington National Monument Society had exhausted all funds for the project.

Despite sentiment for a monument to George Washington beginning shortly after he died in 1799, the Washington Monument we know today wouldn't be built until 1854, and wouldn't be finished until 1885.