WASHINGTON — It’s been two ... “We figured that a monument isn’t a real monument until cheap souvenirs are involved,” reads an anonymous message HuffPost received from one of the organizers.

At the western end of the National Mall, the Washington Monument towers over our country’s capital. The 555-foot obelisk—a four-sided stone pillar with a pyramid-shaped top—was built to ...

In order to tour the Washington Monument, you need to get tickets. This past MEA break, we got to Washington DC and my son ...