National Park Service Officials Brief Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on Washington Monument Elevator (NPS - National Park Service)

(Source: NPS - National Park Service) Date: August 29, 2016 Contact:Mike Litterst, 202-245-4676 Washington - National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Gay Vietzke and members of her staff met this afternoon with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton to brief her on the recent spate of closures at the Washington Monument and give her a progress report on the modernization of the elevator and its control systems, the planning and design of which is currently underway. 'We...