The Washington Monument will reopen on Sunday. That’s two weeks after an early morning direct hit by lightning walloped the obelisk and fricasseed its key-card entry system and the call buttons for its perennially unlucky elevators.
The National Park Service spent much of the intervening time waiting for parts to fix the damage; they finally arrived on Wednesday. Tickets will be available at 10 AM on Saturday, NPS spokesperson Mike Litterst tells Washingtonian.
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