Candice Glover (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — American singer Candice Glover from “American Idol” television show will help reopen the Washington Monument, which has been closed since a 2011 earthquake.
Organizers say Glover will join with the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the U.S. Navy Band and the boy and girl choristers of the Washington National Cathedral Choir for the May 12 re-opening ceremony.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis and philanthropist David Rubenstein will help celebrate. Rubenstein donated $7.5 million to cover half the restoration cost.
The 130-year-old memorial has been closed since it was damaged by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in August 2011. Workers have repaired more than 150 cracks in the 555-foot obelisk.
Normally the monument draws about 700,000 visitors a year.
‘American Idol’ to help reopen Washington Monument
Source: Mb.com.ph (April 30, 2014 at 11:03AM)
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