According to the updated permit granted by the National Park Service, there are estimated to be 50,000 people showing up for ...

A teaspoon of actual dirt was collected from the Freestone County homesteads of Robert Malone Tyus – 1847; William Thomas ...

Freemasons played a significant role in the American Revolution; George Washington was a freemason, as was Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The masons helped to lead the ...

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

1880: Construction resumes. 1884: Finished at 555 feet, 5⅛ inches, the tallest building in the world at the time. You can find the National Park Service’s complete Washington Monument ...

On Dec. 6, 1884 — 36 years after construction had begun — the 3,300-pound aluminum capstone was placed atop the obelisk, making the Washington Monument, at 555 feet, the world’s tallest ...

Then, between 1856 and 1876, with the Civil War, construction largely ended altogether. This Tuesday, July 3, 2007, photo shows the skyline of Washington, D.C., including the Washington Monument ...

The squares will be closed during construction, but access to the ... with a connection to the Fourth of July. As the first monument to Washington, its cornerstone was laid July 4, 1815, rather ...

The Washington Monument, a soaring tribute in the heart ... Despite the celebratory start to the project, construction ceased in 1854 because of a lack of funds and the death of Mills the ...