The Washington Monument is closed Monday after being struck the day before by lightning.

       Officials with the National Park Service said in a Twitter message that the popular tourist site is closed “today as we repair damage to the electronic access system caused by Sunday morning’s lightning strike.”

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       The Washington Monument had to shut down in March 2020 when the coronavirus hit the D.C. region. It briefly reopened in October but closed again in January. It reopened in mid-July.

       All visitors must wear masks, “regardless of vaccination status, inside the Washington Monument.” To buy tickets, visitors should go to recreation.gov. No tickets are given out at the site.