Washington Monument National Memorial

The nation’s best-known memorial to the first president of the United States is located in the city that bears his name.  At 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall, the Washington Monument National Memorial towers over the nation’s capital.  George ...

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

By the time of George Washington’s birth in 1732 on the marshy shores of Popes Creek, his family had been on the land between Mattox and Popes Creek for three quarters of a century. The George Washington Birthplace National ...

Virginia Washington Monument

The Virginia Washington Monument became the first of Richmond’s many outdoor monuments and the second equestrian statue of George Washington in the United States. The monument influenced others across the nation to erect representational memorial statues. Interest in establishing an ...

Washington Monument

The Washington Monument was built between 1848 and 1884 as a tribute to George Washington's military leadership from 1775-1783 during the American Revolution. Its construction took place in two major phases, 1848-56, and 1876-84--a lack of funds, political turmoil, and ...

Washington County Civil War Monument

This monument

is presented by

Dr. Erskine G. Clark

to the Village of

Sandy HillDedicated to the honor and patriotism of the soldiers of Washington County who served in our war to suppress the southern rebellion of 1861, waged against ...

Why is the Washington Monument Temporarily Closed?

On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia sent tremors throughout eastern North America. This seismic activity affected a number of Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument. National Park Service engineers and experts in historic ...

Why is the Washington Monument Temporarily Closed?

On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia sent tremors throughout eastern North America. This seismic activity affected a number of Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument. National Park Service engineers and experts in historic ...

Washington Veterans Monument

[ top plaque ]

The Citizens Of Washington Have Not Forgotten – In Honor

And Grateful Memory Of The Veterans Of The Community

Who Served In The Armed Forces Of The United States:

For The Cause Of Liberty

[ left plaque ]

Korea

1950 – 1955

Anderson, ...

Washington Monument

In commemoration of the

One Hundredth Anniversary

of the

Washington Monument

1884 – 1984

Walkways donated July 11, 1984

by the members and friends of the

National Society of Professional Engineers

in observance of the Society's

fiftieth anniversary.

Marker ...

Washington Light Infantry Monument

[South side]:

At every board a vacant chair fills with quick tears some tender eye, and at our maddest sport appear those well loved forms that will not die; we lift the glass, our hand is stayed - we jest ...