With the flick of a switch, things got a little brighter on the National Mall tonight.
At dusk the National Park Service officially lit up the Washington Monument, which has been fully encased in aluminum scaffolding since May.
It’s part of the multi-million dollar repair job needed after the East Coast earthquake of August 2011, which caused significant damage to a number of D.C. landmarks – including our city’s first and most visible monument.
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