Washington Monument Closed Sunday

The Washington Monument will be closed Sunday due to elevator power issues, the National Park Service says.

NPS announced the closure Saturday night on Twitter. The monument is expected to reopen on Monday.

The monument has been shut down several times in recent months because of elevator issues -- the most recent issue was in early April when the monument's elevator broke down twice in one week.

Nineteen people were stuck in the elevator in one of those incidents and had to walk down 20 stories.

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