As the National Park Service holds its annual week to draw attention to its properties around the country to encourage tourism, the process is a bit different this year, as it comes at a time when the ...

When an innovative museum opens beneath the Lincoln Memorial and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum expands in ...

The Lincoln Memorial is one of the most iconic landmarks in Washington, DC—but its creation was far from inevitable. In this episode of WETA Arts, we explore the decades-long struggle to commemorate ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — This weekend, Washington, D.C. residents gathered to bid farewell to the penny, just over a month after the U.S. Mint stopped producing the 1-cent coin. The “very serious ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A mock funeral for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, was held Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on December 20 to attend a mock funeral for the US penny, discontinued in November. Pennies still in circulation will remain as ...