PHILADELPHIA — When a statue of Saddam Hussein was torn from its plinth in Baghdad’s Firdos Square in 2003, something odd happened. As a U.S. Marine Corps vehicle helped pull it down, the ...

In major cities such as Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, the temperature was forecast to approach 100 ...

Philadelphia, College Hall, then State House, 1778. ... the Washington Monument stood 152 feet tall and the Washington National Monument Society had exhausted all funds for the project.

Conservancy trying to renew green spaces around Baltimore’s Washington Monument Squares haven’t been repaired in over 100 years, Mount Vernon Place Conservancy says ...

On this day in history, Oct. 9. 1888, the Washington Monument opened to the public in Washington, D.C. The construction honors the nation's first president, George Washington.

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

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 ...

The Washington Monument has been temporarily closed after a man vandalized the national landmark with profanities and red paint. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Welcome, Mickey ...

Soaring temperatures in the D.C. region has shuttered the towering Washington Monument through Tuesday, as the District ...

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During a wave of monument building in the 19th century, public works dedicated to the beloved president also cropped up in Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and Milwaukee.

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 ...