A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided ...

Visitors take pictures of male giant panda Bao Li in his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on Friday. ANNA MONEYMAKER/AFP They are "as iconic as the Washington Monument", ...

Image The Washington Monument, started in 1848, was the first monument on the National Mall. There are now 40 monuments and historical sites there, including ones honoring horses and the Boy Scouts.

Meanwhile, various groups wrestling for control over the Washington National Monument Society threw a wrench into work on the memorial. Then, between 1856 and 1876, with the Civil War ...

The World War II Memorial is located on the National Mall's main drag, between the Washington Monument and ... Service's official World War II Memorial page. DC Monuments and Memorials Night ...

Giant pandas , after a hiatus of 14 months, captivated a passionate crowd of patrons as well as officials at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute early Friday morning, as ...

A former Lauderdale County deputy is set to be honored by having his name placed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in ...

Families of DCA crash victims held a memorial as the NTSB investigates, and recovery teams continue searching for missing victims.