The Washington Monument illumination on New Year's Eve touches off a yearlong celebration of America's 250th birthday; America250 and its events planning and community outreach wing, Freedom 250, have ...

From indignation over a bare-chested statue of Washington to a gift from the pope tossed in the Potomac, here are 10 interesting facts about the newly reopened Washington Monument. Former Travel ...

A mysterious inscription on an ancient monument dedicated to a "mother goddess" has been deciphered thanks to a researcher's "fortuitous" discovery. The inscription is on the Arslan Kaya ("Lion Rock") ...

The monument, expected to be established on Tuesday, will consist of three protected sites in Illinois and Mississippi. By Anna Betts President Biden will establish a national monument on Tuesday ...

A lot of the anger over federal public land in rural Utah today can be traced back to a windy, gray day in Arizona in September 1996. At the Grand Canyon, President Bill Clinton formally designated ...

A long battle over the pro-slavery words on a Tyrrell County statue intensifies as the Trump administration reclaims Confederate imagery. By Audra D. S. Burch Reporting from Columbia, N.C. The first ...

On May 29, 1890, roughly 150,000 people gathered for the dedication of the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond. It was an opportunity to celebrate a man who many believed embodied the virtues of the ...

Less than a day after a monument of the Ten Commandments was installed outside the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, it was destroyed when a man smashed a car into the stone. Authorities say ...

The governor ordered the removal of the state-owned statue in June 2020. A giant statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, more than a year after the order ...