Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington DC’s monuments are grand structures that tell the story of America— inspiring, deeply human, and rich with history.

If the District sleeps alone at night, as the Postal Service song suggests, the city certainly awakens by day. It becomes alive with the buzz of politics and history, lobbyists and tourists. Living in ...

It’s going to be lit. The Washington Monument will double as a giant birthday candle on New Year’s Eve to kick off the yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Freedom 250, a nonprofit ...

The newly reopened Washington Monument, which typically offers sprawling views of Washington, DC from 555 feet high, now provides a peek at the White House’s East Wing renovations. Andrew Leyden, a ...

A Confederate monument of Brigadier General Albert Pike, pulled down by protesters in 2020, will be restored and returned to its original location in Washington D.C. this October. The National Park ...

Numerous roads in D.C. will be closed to traffic Monday evening for a fireworks show celebrating America's 25th birthday. Projectors have lit up all four sides of the Washington Monument nightly since ...

In Memoriam: Monuments Past, Present, Fallen and Future is a theory and practice course that examines monuments through a contemporary framework. Students will begin their research with tours of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — A new national monument honoring the women’s suffrage movement has been approved for the National Mall, marking the first time the decades-long fight for women’s right to ...

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