The Washington Monument lit up on New Year’s Eve with a special display in celebration of America’s 250th birthday. It kicked off a six-night light show that marks the United States' origins in 1776. A countdown timer was projected on the monument as Washington D.C. ushered in the new year with a fireworks display. | CBS News

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President Trump's plans for wide-scale celebrations to commemorate the nation's 250th birthday got underway on New Year's Eve with the illumination of the Washington Monument on the National Mall. The monument lighting will continue for five nights, as a "projection-mapping spectacle will illuminate the Monument, creating an immersive, luminous canvas that narrates our Nation’s discovery, expansion, independence, and vision for the future," according to Freedom 250, the organization tasked with