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 ...

white marble cornerstone of the Washington Monument. Crowds cheered as President James K. Polk led a parade of military troops. Dolley Madison and Elizabeth “Eliza” Hamilton waved from ...

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 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 ...

The city was known as Columbia until 1791 when it was named in Washington’s honor. July 4, 1848: The cornerstone of the monument is laid with great fanfare. Within the 24,500 pound marble ...

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 ...