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By Bill Clark
Posted January 5, 2026 at 3:39pm

The Washington Monument is illuminated on Sunday night with an image of the Saturn V rocket that launched astronauts into space as part of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission in 1969. The projection is part of the celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the United States.

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