The National Park Service said Thursday that it has started a 15-month project to restore the roof and clean the marble at the Jefferson Memorial.
Two of the flat roofs that circle the dome to keep the memorial watertight and dry will be replaced. Large marble slabs covering the memorial’s portico will be lifted to fix deteriorated waterproofing underneath.
WASHINGTON – Three national scenic trails have become the country’s newest national parks, raising the total number of existing parks from 425 to 428. The Ice Age, New England, and North Country na
President Emmanuel Macron of France was in the heart of Paris on Friday to check on progress in the restoration of an 860-year-old limestone landmark: Notre-Dame Cathedral, whose familiar silhouett
Bystanders stopped a 26-year-old woman from setting fire to the home where Martin Luther King Jr. was born after she poured gasoline on it, the authorities said. Two visitors from Utah interrupted