Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson has called for the memorial to ...

On this day in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial. The memorial is located south of the National Mall along the Tidal Basin and directly south of the ...

It hardly seemed the right time for the construction of a new memorial in Washington. The timing was inopportune: The year was 1934, and the country was in the midst of the Great Depression. Along the ...

Glide over the Jefferson Memorial, a neoclassical masterpiece of white Pantheon-style marble reflecting perfectly in the still waters of the Tidal Basin. The drone captures the 19-foot bronze statue ...

In direct defiance of President Trump’s recent executive order saying that the Smithsonian, the National Park Service, and others should avoid “divisive narratives that distort” and “rewrite” ...

The Jefferson Memorial prior to restoration work, including the removal of biofilm from its dome and roof repairs. (Andy Ellis/Flickr)/CC BY 2.0) An estimated three million people visit the John ...

Meanwhile, the purpose of this piece is to look at how God keeps showing up at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Visit that monument, and you will see repeatedly references to God, chiseled ...