WASHINGTON -- More than 150 cracks have been repaired, rainwater leaks have been sealed, and the 130-year-old Washington Monument is set to reopen Monday for the first time in nearly three years since ...

More than 150 cracks have been repaired, rainwater leaks have been sealed, and the 130-year-old Washington Monument will reopen Monday for the first time in nearly three years since an earthquake ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Park Service says engineers have found a crack near the top of the Washington Monument presumably caused by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast. Park ...

On August 23, 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake—the largest temblor east of the Rocky Mountains in more than a century—struck Louisa County, Va., causing significant damage to historic structures in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service says the Washington Monument remains closed indefinitely to visitors because of damage sustained during last month’s earthquake. Officials say there’s no ...

A rich, generous history buff says he'll pony up the $7.5 million needed to fix the earthquake damage to the Washington Monument. It's going to take $15 million to fix the cracked obelisk, and only ...

Despite all frightening reports that it was leaning, the Washington Monument's biggest worry after this year's rare earthquake is rain leaking inside and collecting on the floor.