In 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Washington, D.C. area. It created more than 150 cracks in the monument. Now, those have been repaired, and Mike Litterst with the National Park Service ...

For the first time since 1934, the Washington Monument, just west of the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall, is covered with scaffolding, as it undergoes a $9.4 million renovation. Encased in a blue ...