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Repairs could shutter Washington Monument til 2014

Fireworks explode near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 2008. Photo: Flickr user Curtis Palmer.

WASHINGTON — Repairs to the Washington Monument, damaged in last summer’s earthquake in the eastern United States, could see it kept closed to the public until 2014, the National Park Service said Monday. The 555-foot (169.3-meter) landmark is to be shrouded in scaffolding from top to bottom for the estimated…

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