The National Capital Planning Commission gave the green light to build a monument as a tribute to the Women's Suffrage ...

WASHINGTON — Your voice could help shape D.C.'s next monument. The National Park Service wants your input on where to put a new women's suffrage memorial. There are four sites are under consideration: ...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has framed historic marches and serves as a symbolic link across the National Mall.

Hundreds of veterans are being granted access to the shuttered World War II Memorial on the National Mall Wednesday, a day after members of Congress pushed aside barriers to allow another group inside ...

Tourists gathered on the National Mall in record numbers this week to admire the newly unveiled Trump Monument. Originally erected in 1884 to honor a little-known American president, the 555-foot-tall ...

Tours of the Washington Monument were suspended because of “credible threats to visitors and park resources," officials say. Temporary closures of other areas are possible. National Mall and Memorial ...

Architects from around the world submitted their portfolios, and by mid-December, a jury of experts invited ten design teams to re-imagine three "dead-zones" on the National Mall. Courtesy of Michael ...

Why this Washington, D.C., landmark is a wonder. May 5, 2008 — -- Democracy is one of the great wonders of America. It is more than our form of government; it is synonymous with our national ...

Introduction -- A monument to a deceased project -- Covering ground -- The mechanic monster -- Inventing public space -- The monument transformed -- The conscience of the nation -- An end to war, an ...