WASHINGTON — D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is criticizing the National Park Service’s extended closure of the Washington Monument. The congresswoman told WTOP she is “crestfallen” over the closure ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The night sky in the nation’s capital will light up with fireworks, and the Washington Monument will dazzle with a light show on Monday. The event will take place for the ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The countdown to 2026 is officially underway, and the nation’s capital is marking the moment in a historic way. For the first time ever, the Washington Monument will be ...

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President Donald Trump wants to build an arch, and he wants it to be the biggest in the world. But even as he suggests he’ll sign an executive order for its construction, the project is facing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s oldest living female World War II veteran has finally made it to Washington to see the monuments and memorials. Lucy Coffey, now 108, is a veteran of the Women’s Army ...

In 1876, Frederick Douglass addressed a crowd of some 25,000 people gathered to dedicate a new monument to Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Memorial statue, a life-size bronze also known as the ...