After a three-year closure, Washington Monument is reopening for  public. "monumental" monument will be thrown open to public on afteron of September 19 in presence of First Ly Melania Trump. monument h faced an earthquake in 2011 which h damd some stones at top. It was n reopened in 2014 however closed again in 2016 due to constant malfunctions of elevators.

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Re-opening on September 19

555-foot stone structure was closed in September 2016 in order to replace dated elevator and set security systems for an upgre. monument shall open for public at 12 PM on September 19 with First Ly Melania Trump attending ribbon-cutting ceremony. A week prior, Melania Trump h tweeted that she was er to reopen monument. 

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“We’re just excited to open it again,” said National Park Service Spokesman Mike Litterst, during a Wednesday tour of site. “ views from up here are like thing else.”

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History of Washington monument

obelisk has been shut for most of past dece. A 2011 earthquake h left cracks in stones around top of monument. It was reopened in 2014, but Park Service officials closed it after two years due to a stream of elevator malfunctions. National Park Service spokesperson Mike Litterst said that elevator malfunction was two or three times a week and that re was guarantee that people would t get stuck.

Construction for monument first began in 1848 and took about 40 years to complete. private organization that was running project, however, ran out of funding and construction stalled in 1854 at about 150 feet; delay was stretched due to Civil War. Construction resumed in 1879 but constructors were forced to use stone from a different mine which gave monument its unique two-tone color. 

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(With inputs from AP)