Find detailed information on the Washington Monument located in Washington, DC, that honors our first president of the United States, George Washington.

At 555 feet high the Washington Monument towers over the National Mall and is the tallest stone building in the world today. Read the history of this monument in this essay.

As the Washington Monument was being repaired, it was still open to the public and was covered by a special cloth that allowed people to see what was happening. This is an article about the Washington Monument with some good research or...

This teaching unit is designed for students in grades 5-12. Students will explore the intentions behind the memorial to George Washington, as well as some of the reasons why George Washington was so revered during the 19th century. They...

The Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia, is on the site of the Burroughs Plantation where Mr. Washington was born a slave in 1856. In addition to information about monument activities, this site offers a biography,...

This biography of Booker T. Washington includes some details of his early life and education, plus the more outspokenly anti-racist views of his later life. Click to related pages on the Booker T. Washington National Monument and notes...

Washington Monument at night

Washington Monument

Washington Monument

Washington Monument

After the successful conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, the Virginia General Assembly desired a statue of George Washington for display in a public space. Jean-Antoine Houdon was commissioned to complete the statue. View...

Find detailed information on the Washington Monument located in Washington, DC, that honors our first president of the United States, George Washington.

Washington Monument, Washington D.C., United States as viewed at twilight/dusk.

The George Washington Monument (Philadelphia)

Washington Monument

Washington Monument

A large collection of historical photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak, a photographer who lived in the city from 1923 to 1959.

Contains a copy of the original program for the March on Washington that featured Martin Luther King. Provides a summary of the civil rights movement at that time.

This site is from the National Park Service. No shoe stores at this mall! Find out about our national "front yard" -- statistics, a link to the history of the National Mall, and a listing of all the monuments on the Mall. Also includes a...

In August 1963, more than 200,000 people marched from the Washington Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial for civil rights. Read about that day in this brief article.

Follow the evolution and creative process of the monumental work done by artist Chuck Close.

Jefferson Memorial seen from Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial seen from Washington Monument

National Mall seen from the Washington Monument