It’s so hot in D.C. that the Washington Monument is closed for tours. Going to the top of the monument to see the spectacular ...

It was always going to be a long shot, Craig Harmon's effort to persuade the National Park Service and the White House to fly a massive Stars and Stripes from atop the Washington Monument on June ...

First Lady Melania Trump greets fourth-graders during a ribbon cutting and ceremonial ride to the top, to celebrate the re-opening of the Washington Monument, after a 37-month closure to modernize ...

The Washington Monument is framed by the blooms of magnolia and cherry trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., April 3, 2021. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images But tickets are selling fast.

For the first time in three years, you can go to the top of the Washington Monument and see panoramic views of the Capitol, all the monuments and everything in between.

“I’ve never been up to the top of [that] Washington Monument … so I don’t know what the view is like, but I would imagine that the view from up there is probably a lot of the sprawl of ...

Once upon a time, you could walk all 898 steps to the top of the Washington Monument. But no longer. Health concerns led the National Park Service to close the stairs entirely in 1976.

The Washington Monument will remain closed for repairs for at least another year, ... About 700,000 visitors go to the top of the monument in a typical year, Vogel said.

For the first time in 1,128 days, visitors to the Washington Monument on Thursday will be able to ascend the 555-foot marble obelisk to take in the best view of the nation’s capital.

But a 2011 earthquake in nearby Mineral, Va., damaged the Washington Monument enough that to repair it, the tower had to be wrapped in scaffolding. That gave surveyors access to the very top of ...

Visitors were also barred from the monument Monday as temperatures neared 100 degrees that day. Tuesday is expected to see a high of 99 degrees.

Washington Monument repairs complete: A first look inside 04:28. ... Starting Monday, after the opening ceremonies, people will be able to go up to the top and eventually, ...