President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ...

Explore the Washington Monument's history, significance, & surprising facts. Learn why this iconic symbol took 36 years to build & its enduring fame.

The Know-Nothings threw the so-called Pope Stone into the Potomac, then staged a coup, taking over the society charged with building the monument, in 1855. Construction ground to a halt.

Watch Video: Building the Washington Monument In a town full of monuments, there's one that stands above them all. Paul Goldberger, professor of design and architecture at the New School in New ...

Conservationists were working to clean the Washington Monument on Wednesday after it was vandalized with a vulgar, anti-government statement in red paint, parks authorities said. A man was ...

This is the annual lighting of the Washington Monument, to celebrate the start of the Christmas season. This was shot from the Park Plaza building on North Charles Street.

In 1833 a group of Washingtonians established the Washington National Monument Society to raise private funds to build a monument for a memorial. They ran a design competition, and in 1845 the ...

Hany Hassan, a Partner with BBB who managed the Washington Monument addition’s design process, has extensive experience in building and renovating historic structures, including The Smithsonian ...

The Washington Monument closed in 2016 after an elevator cable snapped, but the years of repairs covered far more than that single broken wire.

The Washington Monument is reopening Thursday, after three years of renovations to modernize its elevator and construct a new security screening facility. The monument was built to honor George ...

The iconic Washington Monument is celebrating its birthday today. Learn how it took 40 years to complete the project, and the surprising connections it has to the Pope, Abraham Lincoln, and the ...

WASHINGTON -- Government surveyors have determined a new height for the Washington Monument that's nearly 10 inches shorter than what has been thought for more than 130 years, officials will ...