Washington Monument

Tomorrow, I'm pleased to announce, that the Washington Monument as well as the entire federal government will be open for business.

Budget agreement averts government shutdown 2011

This agreement … is on a budget that invests in our future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history, Obama said from the White House, the Washington Monument purposely positioned behind him.

Budget agreement averts government shutdown 2011

Then he will rename it the “Washington Monument to Newt’s Greatness.”

Alan Grayson: Drain the Mediterranean Alan Grayson 2012

This agreement … is on a budget that invests in our future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history, Obama said from the White House, the Washington Monument purposely positioned behind him.

Budget agreement averts government shutdown 2011

But when they veered north at the Washington Monument, O'Malley spoke:

Big Secrets Benjamin Matvey 2011

 Then he will rename it the “Washington Monument to Newt’s Greatness.”

Alan Grayson: Drain the Mediterranean Alan Grayson 2012

When completed, the monument, a three-dimensional sculpture of the Indian Chief Crazy Horse sitting on a charging steed, will be the largest sculpture in the world, standing 563 feet high—taller than the Washington Monument—and 641 feet long.

Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011

The sunset with the Washington Monument, January 27, 2011.

A snowstorm montage from January 26-27, 2011 Kevin Ambrose 2011

A country is fundamentally a concept, and it is natural and built symbols like our Washington Monument, Japan's Mount Fuji, Saudi Arabia's Mecca, Greece's Parthenon, Mexico's Zocalo Square or Namibia's Sossusvlei desert that lend it a physical presence.

Jake Townsend: Metaphors Made Real: On the Power of National Symbols Jake Townsend 2011

But the decathlon will not return to the marquee spot on the Mall's main strip between the Washington Monument and the Capitol, where it was held four previous times, most recently in 2009, Energy officials said.

Solar Decathlon houses now have a home on the Mall 2011