The Washington Monument is reopening Thursday ... Warning lights The new elevator takes visitors to an observation deck in 70 seconds. From windows on all four sides, viewers can see not just ...

Erin Corneliussen Park Ranger Bob Healy talks about the Washington Monument during the elevation ride to the observation deck. Erin Corneliussen A panel inside the observation deck of the ...

Washington Monument, the National Mall, National Cathedral and Georgetown University. It’s not in D.C. proper. It’s across the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia. The Observation Deck at ...

The Washington Monument remains closed indefinitely ... the quake violently shook the monument’s 500-foot-high observation deck. “The good news: The monument is structurally sound and is ...

Surrounded by eager school children, first lady Melania Trump formally reopened the Washington Monument on Thursday ... down on visitors in the observation deck. It reopened in 2014, but was ...

It’s long been known that anyone can browse the Library of Congress’s digitized archives online from anywhere in the world—but now virtual tourists can access the Washington Monument observation ...

The monument boasts a small museum at 490 feet and an observation deck at 500 feet. The Washington Monument is built of 36,000 stones, including marble from Maryland and granite from several ...

WASHINGTON — Damage to the Washington Monument from the 2011 earthquake ... Dozens of visitors had to exit the observation deck using the stairs. Elevator problems closed the monument three ...

After being shut down for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Monument reopened to ... be a 10-minute time limit on the observation deck, and touchless hand sanitizers ...