It wasn’t until 1833 that a group of citizens including Eliza Hamilton, Dolley Madison, Louisa Adams and others formed the Washington National Monument Society. By 1836, the group had elected a ...

A pair of Texas congressmen have introduced legislation to the House to create a monument ... in Washington, D.C. Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose.

In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument ... farms were converted back to their former purpose some years later, according to History.

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 ...