Standing just shy of 555 ½ feet, the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world at its completion in 1884. Nowadays, you can ride one of the monument's glass-encased elevators to ...

In an exit interview with HuffPost, the interior secretary celebrated progress in protecting public lands and righting past wrongs against Native Americans.

Public safety in the National Park System could be jeopardized if a significant number of key National Park Service personnel ...

Born in Crescent City on April 15, 1889, then raised and educated in Jacksonville, Florida Mr. Asa Philip Randolph was the son of an AME Minister and tailor father, and seamstress mother.

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Every US president except for George Washington has stayed at the White House. Ironically, it was he who was deeply involved in the construction, which started in 1792. As Donald Trump returns, we loo ...

They now predict a crowd of 2,000, a far cry from the 50,000 originally planned for the National Mall, Washington Monument and Constitution ... light poles, elevator towers, or other architectural ...

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"You know, Bob," Ford told him as the elevator doors closed ... as his chief of staff when he lost the 1976 presidential ...

a 567-foot-tall column that's 12 feet higher than the Washington Monument, reflected in a 1,777-foot-long pool. There's an elevator to the top of the monument that offers sweeping views of the ...