The Washington Monument 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 ...

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 ...

The plans for the structure began in 1835, as The Washington National Monument Society appointed bonded agents to collect funds from the public for construction of a monument to George Washington.

“Erected in memory of Washington, July 4, 1827, by the citizens of Boonsboro.” Steve Robertson, a park ranger with the Maryland Park Service, which oversees the monument, says the tower’s ...