PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs to Washington Monument

Wayne Grayson
May 6, 2013
Updated May 9, 2013

We love this photo from the Associated Press which shows workers atop an impressive stretch of scaffolding as they make repairs to the Washington Monument. The 555-foot monument was damaged in an August 2011 earthquake.

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