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A Metropolitan Police Department car blocks the road near the Washington Monument in an effort to discourage crowds from visiting the cherry blossom trees in full bloom, Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **
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Fabian Olaya, of Woodbridge, Virginia, skates on a pond near the Washington Monument on Thursday.
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Pat Monahan, lead singer of Train, performs with the Washington Monument in the background at the Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day on the National Mall, Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Washington. (Photo by Nick Wass/Invision/AP)
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A B-24 Liberator vintage military aircraft from World War II flies past the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. (AP Photo)
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A B-24 Liberator vintage military aircraft from World War II flies past the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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World War II era North American AT-6/SNJ planes fly over the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, as part of the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover to celebrate the 70th anniversary of V-E Day. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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World War II vintage aircrafts fly the Missing Man formation during a flyover near the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945, and commemorate the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flies near the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, during a flyover of World War II vintage aircrafts, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945, and commemorate the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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World War II vintage aircrafts flyover near the Washington Monument over Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945, and commemorate the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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World War II vintage aircrafts flyover near the Washington Monument over Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945, and commemorate the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit the Lincoln Memorial, looking toward the Washington Monument, on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A photographer is silhouetted in the reflecting pool as he captures the sunrise behind the Washington Monument in Washington in this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
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Nedko Georgieb visiting with a group from Bulgaria, right, stops to fill up his water bottles near the Washington Monument on the National Mall as temperatures reach into the mid 90s, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Nedko Georgieb visiting with a group from Bulgaria, right, runs water over his face near the Washington Monument on the National Mall as temperatures reach into the mid 90s, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A man visiting from Spain stops near the Washington Monument to wipe sweat from his face after bicycling along the National Mall as temperatures reach into the mid 90s, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Nedko Georgieb visiting with a group from Bulgaria, right, stops to fill up his water bottles near the Washington Monument on the National Mall as temperatures reach into the mid 90s, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Park Ranger Steve Miller checks in with visitors to the Washington Monument Tuesday morning. Despite high temperatures lines were forming early to visit the monument. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times
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Park Ranger Steve Miller checks in with visitors to the Washington Monument Tuesday morning. Despite high temperatures lines were forming early to visit the monument. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times
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With the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument is the background, soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags at two of the older grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 22, 2014, as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
