{"id":5228,"date":"2014-03-26T00:23:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T07:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2014-03-26T00:23:07","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T07:23:07","slug":"washington-monument-to-reopen-may-12-after-being-closed-32-months-for-earthquake-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/26\/washington-monument-to-reopen-may-12-after-being-closed-32-months-for-earthquake-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Monument to reopen May 12 after being closed 32 months for earthquake repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5252\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/423px-Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5252\" alt=\"Washington Monument (Wikipedia photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/423px-Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006.jpg\" width=\"423\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/423px-Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006.jpg 423w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/423px-Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Monument (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Date\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" \/>\n<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; The National Park Service says the Washington Monument will reopen to visitors May 12 after being closed for nearly three years due to a 2011 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>The park service says the remaining scaffolding around the monument will begin to come down this week.<\/p>\n<p>Park officials say tours will begin May 12 at 1 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets for tours May 13 and beyond can be reserved online beginning April 16.<\/p>\n<p>The monument will be open for extended hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. through the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Monument has been closed for 32 months since being damaged during a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in 2011. Workers have repaired more than 150 cracks in the stone structure. The repair project cost $15 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 WASHINGTON &#8211; The National Park Service says the Washington Monument will reopen to visitors May 12 after being &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":5252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[1414,1415,362],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-monument","tag-reopened","tag-washington","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}