Putting an end to the long string of tallest buildings dedicated to God, the Washington Monument was erected to honor the United States’ first president. Because of funding difficulties that ...

It's the tallest building in Washington, D.C. and it honors the first U.S. president, George Washington. Here are a few more Washington Monument facts to celebrate the anniversary of its ...

The Know-Nothings threw the so-called Pope Stone into the Potomac, then staged a coup, taking over the society charged with building ... tallest structure. Goldberger said, "The Washington ...

The Washington Monument is the world’s tallest obelisk and was the tallest ... Washington Monument in Baltimore and the U.S Treasury building next to the White House, according to Lockwood.

The Washington Monument, the Empire State Building ... At 102 stories, it’s no longer the tallest building in the country—that title goes to the nearby One World Trade Center—but it ...

The Washington Monument is ... Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest ...

Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington ... when the monument was finally dedicated in 1885. That year, the proud country celebrated the awe-inspiring obelisk as the tallest ...

After annual maintenance work is complete, the Monument will reopen to the public on June 13. Vermont Days, when admission is free at all State Historic Sites and Vermont State Parks, take place June ...

The Washington Monument was temporarily closed after a man vandalized the national landmark on Tuesday evening with profanities written in red paint, according to U.S. Park Police. The unnamed ...

helped us find the facts that only those in the know…know.1. It was the tallest building in the world at the time of its ...