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 newly discovered cornerstone of the Washington Monument was opened Wednesday afternoon, a familiar name was revealed inscribed on the underside of the lid of the 200-year-old time capsule.

The cornerstone was laid on July 4 ... Made of granite and marble, the Washington Monument was designed to look like an Egyptian obelisk. Also, it was the tallest structure in the world until ...

Officials unveiled the contents of a time capsule and a cornerstone of Baltimore's Washington Monument, revealing a glimpse at American history. Dozens dodge raindrops for Washington Monument ...

As the first monument to Washington, its cornerstone was laid July 4, 1815, rather than Washington’s birthday. When it was found about 200 years later, inside was a newspaper folded open to a ...

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 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 ...

Outsiders may not know, but Baltimore actually has its own Washington Monument — and it’s older than its counterpart in DC. Its cornerstone was laid in 1815, nearly two centuries before the inception ...

In his master plan for the new city of Washington, D.C., architect ... Freemasons laid a symbolic cornerstone for the monument. By 1854, the monument was 143 feet tall but money was running ...

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 ...