A piece of history has been discovered in Baltimore.The original cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, thought to be long lost, was discovered last week while crews dug for a sewage ...

When the cornerstone was laid "in attendance was ... It wasn't the first Washington Monument. Baltimore built one in 1829. That column — with Washington in a toga — was also designed by ...

The Washington National Monument Society selected a design for the monument by Robert Mills — and the design of Mills was formally adopted by the society, the same source said. The cornerstone ...

“The artifacts contained in the cornerstone are incredible finds and reveal much about what the Washington Monument represented to those who erected it 200 years ago,” said Lance ...

On Monday, 994 days since an earthquake shook the Washington Monument from top to bottom ... the most recognized of American structures. The cornerstone was laid July 4, 1848, at a ceremony ...

The original design the Washington National Monument Society sought to build ... according to Litterst. 11. The cornerstone ...

Praise be to God! When the cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid on July 4th, 1848 deposited within it were many items including the Holy Bible presented by the Bible Society.

The Washington Monument stood as a mere nub of 156 feet tall for two decades. The cornerstone was laid July 4, 1848, in a ceremony attended by 20,000 people. President James K. Polk, former first ...

BALTIMORE -- A time capsule featuring a 3D-printed likeness of the George Washington sculpture will be inserted Wednesday in the cornerstone of Baltimore's Washington Monument. "We're gonna leave ...

UPDATE: The Washington Monument will be closed today as we repair ... Winthrop—who had also attended the cornerstone-laying ceremony—was now 76 years old and too sick to travel to Washington ...

was the first big monument to George Washington to be started. The cornerstone was laid in 1815, not even two decades after Washington's death. According to the official website of Mount Vernon ...

Few structures represent the United States as powerfully as the Washington Monument. At the center of Washington, D.C., the impressive marble obelisk (555 feet tall and 55 feet wide) pays grand ...