This 550-foot obelisk measures 55 feet 1.5 inches wide ... In the past 50 years the Washington Monument has settled two inches. (It weighs 80,000 tons.) In a 30-mile-per-hour wind it sways one ...

In 1833, the Washington National Monument Society formed to raise funds. Architect Robert Mills was chosen to design an ...

Because Rust’s historic family home was said to be modeled after the Washington home that burned to the ground, the group ...

The Washington Monument is one of the most recognizable structures in the U.S. This marble obelisk honors the nation's first president, George Washington. The monument has seen its share of ...

Vermont's Bennington Battle Monument is a soaring commemoration of a critical Revolutionary War victory. But it needs massive ...