Memorials, Infrastructure Crumbling in America's Capital

A sculptured span over the Potomac River, Washington D.C.’s Memorial Bridge provides tourists and residents alike a path between two American icons – the memorial to President Abraham Lincoln and the Arlington cemetery, where more than 400,000 U.S. soldiers have been put to rest. Tens of thousands of people drive, bike, jog, and photograph their way across the bridge daily. But only some are aware that the stone and masonry structure is crumbling beneath them. “I see it every...

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