A: According to the National Park Service, the Latin words “Laus Deo,” which translates to “Praise be to God,” are on the east face of the aluminum cap on top of the Washington Monument.

While the stairwell has been closed since the 1970s, visitors can gain access to the top observation ... of the Washington Monument. Actually, all four sides of the point bear inscriptions ...

and visitors were allowed to carefully step over so they could tell their friends that they had walked "clear over the top of the Washington Monument." Frishmuth's delays in delivering the ...

According to the GDS, the original inscriptions are on all four ... measurements of angles and distances to the top of the Washington Monument:” Pretty cool, right? We won’t know for a while ...

Common inscriptions celebrate George Washington ... so that shoppers could claim to have walked “over the top of the Washington Monument.” 12. Opening ceremonies attracted several big-name ...

The imposing structure known as the Washington monument is a study in numbers. It is 555 feet 5 1/8 inches tall. It has 897 steps leading to the top ... the not-so-poetic inscription "Alabama ...

The Washington Monument was temporarily closed and a man ... 379-4877 or USPP_Tipline@nps.gov. “The top layer of paint is coming off and the pigment that seeped into the stone will be treated ...

The Washington ... monument was targeting anybody specific. National Park Service conservators are working to restore the monument. On Wednesday morning, its preservation crew was removing the top ...

George Washington, leadership," he said. "So it's been moving to see how many people are affected by it." During an early look at the restored monument, Rubenstein hiked to the top, taking the ...

Glenda Ford, left, takes selfie with best friend Charlene Phipps before the lighting of the Washington Monument Thursday night in Mount Vernon. The Baltimore holiday tradition included music ...

woke classmate Michelle (played memorably by Zendaya), refuses to join her academic decathlon teammates on an elevator ride to the top of the Washington Monument, which, as it turns out ...