Initiative on behalf of Bells Across PA, part of America250PA For those who remember 1976, the name for next year’s celebration of American independence doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as easily as ...

WASHINGTON — Visitors who walk up to the iconic Thomas Jefferson Memorial in D.C. might see the monument and think it is dirty, but what they are actually looking at is a collection of microorganisms ...

As early as 2015, anyone viewing the Jefferson Memorial from a distance — say, from Independence Avenue across the Tidal Basin, or an aircraft window on approach to Reagan National Airport — could see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson has called for the memorial to ...

The National Park Service said in a news release Wednesday that biofilm, a colony of microscopic organisms, has become increasingly pronounced at the memorial. Officials say biofilm is not unique to ...

Spiders have moved in to dine on the bugs drawn by the lights. Wasps have built nests to eat the spiders. And a “community” of dark biofilm has spread over the surface of the marble like spots on a ...

The Jefferson Memorial’s iconic white dome has been plagued by a dark colony of microscopic organisms growing on the memorial for the past decade. Soon it will be white again. The National Park ...

For the next two years, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C, will undergo work to improve accessibility and guest services, according to the National Park Service. “The expanded and ...