Baltimore's Washington Monument in Mount Vernon was illuminated Thursday evening during the annual holiday lighting ceremony ...

This is the 54th year of the lighting of the Washington Monument at Mount Vernon Place which is the unofficial opening of the holiday season in Baltimore.

One of Donald Trump's top supporters says he wants the Washington Monument removed from the National Mall the way ISIS terrorists destroyed temples of religious idols, contradicting Trump's claims ...

The Washington Monument lights went out on Sunday, leading officials to try and figure out why. "The exterior lights of the Washington Monument are currently out," the National Park Service tweeted on ...

Tickets for Wednesday's reopening sold out in 90 seconds. After being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Monument reopens Wednesday with limited capacity. “For the most part, it ...

The Washington Monument will remain closed for a second day after a dramatic lightning strike caught on video. Repairs to the monument were ongoing on Tuesday after the obelisk was hit by lightning ...

Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington, D.C., drawing millions of visitors every year, only narrowly survived being scrapped altogether. In 1791, Pierre L’Enfant drew up designs for ...

A long-standing Baltimore holiday tradition was renewed on Thursday with the annual lighting of the city's Washington ...

The Washington Monument was closed Monday and is expected to remain closed Tuesday after being struck by lightning over the weekend. Officials with the National Park Service said in a Twitter message ...

Courtesy of the Washington Heritage Museums. On Saturday evening, it was discovered that the first monument erected by women to honor a woman in America was defaced with graffiti on two sides with the ...

No pedestrians were struck during the crash. A man has been arrested after allegedly crashing his car just outside the Washington Monument, missing several people who were walking around the landmark ...