When the newly discovered cornerstone of the Washington ... of the mason and another stone cutter, it read, “Thomas Towson.” A member of the family for which the Baltimore County seat is ...

"This was the first monument to Washington in this country, and they knew that when they were laying this stone that this was a very big moment for Baltimore, Maryland, and the United States to be ...

The 1915 Centennial Time Capsule was one of two time capsules discovered during the renovation of Baltimore’s Washington ... names of the monument’s original masons and stone cutters.

In July 1827, residents of Boonsboro, Maryland, built the majority of the Washington ... By December 1906, the monument was once again in ruins. According to the Baltimore Sun, a lightning strike ...

Baltimore's Washington Monument has been closed for months for ... "The biggest part is all the stone conservation. We have yards and yards and yards of marble that needs to be treated.

Baltimore's Washington Monument may sit in the center of the ... the scaffolding gone from around the column, freshly cleaned stones shine brighter and tighter. "Every stone has been repointed ...

Workers discovered dislodged stones and mortar ... Scaffolding still surrounds the 178-foot Washington Monument in Baltimore, which is in the midst of a $5 million renovation that is scheduled ...

But the construction of this stone salute to the Revolutionary ... An undated photo shows Baltimore’s Washington Monument. Finished in 1829, it is the oldest complete monument to George ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The earthquake-damaged Washington Monument has extensive cracking and chipped stones near its peak that left it highly vulnerable to rainfall, and inspectors found cracks and ...

Baltimore’s Washington Monument seems every bit its nearly 200 years. Plaster chips and crumbles to the touch. Mortar sealing together thousands of bricks and stones is deteriorating into sand.