Washington Monument Reopens Sunday After Lightning Strike Damages Access System

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WASHINGTON (WJZ) — The National Park Service announced the Washington Monument volition reopen Sunday. It closed connected August 16 aft a lightning strike damaged an physics entree system.

Tickets volition beryllium disposable online astatine 10 a.m. Saturday morning. To get yours and larn more, sojourn the NPS website.

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The lightning onslaught was captured successful a spectacular video by a Twitter user.

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Live astatine the Lincoln Memorial. Lightning hits Washington monument. Absolutely unthinkable pic.twitter.com/S1ivKTTS0g

— Travis Nix (@tnix113) August 15, 2021

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