The Washington Monument was all aglow. As NPR's Trina Williams tells us, 488 lights are giving the monument some sparkle each night. The lights have been installed on scaffolding that surrounds ...

Thousands of people travelled to the Washington Monument in D.C. on Saturday for ... Large fences were also set up outside the White House Thursday night ahead of the Hands Off!

Glenda Ford, left, takes selfie with best friend Charlene Phipps before the lighting of the Washington Monument Thursday night in Mount Vernon. The Baltimore holiday tradition included music ...

A man was arrested by the U.S. Park Police Tuesday night after allegedly defacing the Washington Monument, police officials confirmed. The man used red paint to vandalize the base of the monument ...

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Jake Thomas is a Newsweek night reporter based in Portland ... it's hopeful it can remove red paint splattered on the Washington Monument in an act of vandalism but is concerned the incident ...

our Monument Preservation crew got to work on the Washington Monument, after it was defaced with red paint last night. The top layer of paint is coming off and the pigment that seeped into the ...

The Washington Monument at night. Photograph by soomness/Flickr. This post was updated on May 9, 2025. Any Washingtonian will tell you that the best time to tour the monuments is at night. But whether ...

“If you go to the Washington Monument here … you can really see ... by the fact that these people that were working day and night … had the passion to do this,” Schwalbe says.

The team uses Finale 3D for the pyrotechnics on the night of the lighting to coordinate fireworks ... details about Hotel Revival's now-canceled party in tandem with the Washington Monument holiday ...

The Washington Monument was all aglow. As NPR's Trina Williams tells us, 488 lights are giving the monument some sparkle each night. The lights have been installed on scaffolding that surrounds ...