DC: Kite Festival 2009

Washington, DC - The Smithsonian Kite Festival captured the meager wind to power many kites around the Washington Monument in 50 degree weather with overcast skies. This year's theme was going "green".

D.C. Police Evacuate Washington Monument - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON - The Washington Monument was evacuated Friday after a bomb threat was called in to local police. U.S. Park Police Sgt. Scott Fear said the call came in at 2:24 p.m. EDT and the monument was evacuated...

Washington Monument Reopens to Public (AP)

AP - The venerable Washington Monument, which serves as a sort of concrete exclamation point for the National Mall's historic sights, reopened to the public Friday after a monthslong security renovation.

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