The White House has broken ground on construction projects ordered by President Donald Trump to pave over the Rose Garden ...

Metal plates will be added along the road and other precautions taken. Still, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser remains concerned ...

The founding father’s statue has stood in Capitol Square downtown since 1857 but hasn’t had a fresh coat of lacquer in 43 years.

Mount Vernon is seemingly the center of George Washington’s legacy but it began with his mother Mary Ball Washington who was buried in Fredericksburg under a monument that resembles D.C.’s ...

The National Mall, which can hold more than 1 million people, is flanked by the the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol, creating opportunities for dramatic visuals behind the draft stage.

The Washington Monument, which has been closed for renovations for the last three years, is ready to open to the public again. Yesterday the park service held a ceremony to announce the opening ...

Thomas P. McCracken, an architect who guided the restoration of Baltimore’s Washington Monument and the Basilica of the Assumption, died of renal failure related to diabetes on Tuesday at ...

UNION SQUARE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man was arrested after climbing the George Washington monument in Union Square Thursday night, police said. Maksim Katsnelson, 39, was allegedly on top of the ...

The property is open daily (except Yom Kippur and Christmas Day) from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It is located south of the National Mall by the Washington Monument and the Tidal Basin. The museum can ...