Construction on the Washington Monument began on July 4, 1848, and was suspended between 1854-1877, in part, for lack of funding and the Civil War. It resumed in 1879 and was completed in 1884 ...

A stone donated by Wilmington's Thalian Association in 1851 is located inside the Washington Monument. The stone, carved by James McClarahan, features a portrait of William Shakespeare and the ...

This month marks the 139th anniversary of the Washington Monument with construction wrapping up on the D.C. landmark in December of 1884. The 39 years it took to build the world’s tallest stone ...

F ifty-five years ago, the first workmen came to Washington’s Mount Saint Alban to build a canopy under which President Theodore Roosevelt set the foundation stone for the Washington Cathedral ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington Monument, the iconic marble tribute to the first U.S. president, is sinking.