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PHOTOS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL SUNDAY, MAY 11 AT 6PM. James Perry, Chief of Resource Management for the National Park Service, explains how masonry work was completed at The Washington Monument on Saturday, May 10. The Washington Monument has been closed to the public since August 2011 after an earthquake caused major damage to the structure. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times
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PHOTOS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL SUNDAY, MAY 11 AT 6PM. National Park Service worker power wash the base of The Washington Monument on Saturday, May 10 in preparation of the monument reopening to the public on Monday, May 12. The Washington Monument has been closed to the public since August 2011 after an earthquake caused major damage to the structure. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times
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In this photo made Friday, May 9, 2014, an informational card about ticks distributed by the Maine Medical Center Research Institute is seen in the woods in Freeport, Maine. State officials say ticks are back with a vengeance, meaning tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease will see no wain. No wane is expected in Lyme nationwide, either, in part because of climate change. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this photo made Friday, May 9, 2014, an informational card about ticks distributed by the Maine Medical Center Research Institute is seen in the woods in Freeport, Maine. State officials say ticks are back with a vengeance, meaning tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease will see no wain. No wane is expected in Lyme nationwide, either, in part because of climate change. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this May 8, 2014 photo, two horseshoe crabs mate on a beach in Middle Township N.J. A year-long project to replenish five Delaware Bay beaches that are vital to the continued survival of horseshoe crabs and the red knot, an endangered shorebird has been completed just in time for the second summer after Superstorm Sandy, which severely eroded the beaches and wrecked habitat for the animals. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this May 8, 2014 photo, Eric Schrading, an official with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife AService (left), and Larry Niles, a wildlife biologist (right) watch as two horseshoe crabs head back toward the water after mating on a beach in Middle Township N.J. A year-long project to replenish five Delaware Bay beaches that are vital to the continued survival of horseshoe crabs and the red knot, an endangered shorebird has been completed just in time for the second summer after Superstorm Sandy, which severely eroded the beaches and wrecked habitat for the animals. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this May 8, 2014 photo, a wildlife biologist holds a handful of sand containing dark green horseoe crab eggs on a beach in Middle Township N.J. A year-long project to replenish five Delaware Bay beaches that are vital to the continued survival of horseshoe crabs and the red knot, an endangered shorebird has been completed just in time for the second summer after Superstorm Sandy, which severely eroded the beaches and wrecked habitat for the animals. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this May 8, 2014 photo, two horseshoe crabs head back to the water after mating on a beach in Middle Township N.J. to lay eggs. A year-long project to replenish five Delaware Bay beaches that are vital to the continued survival of horseshoe crabs and the red knot, an endangered shorebird has been completed just in time for the second summer after Superstorm Sandy, which severely eroded the beaches and wrecked habitat for the animals. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this May 8, 2014 photo, a horseshoe crab burrows into the sand on a beach in Middle Township N.J. to lay eggs. A year-long project to replenish five Delaware Bay beaches that are vital to the continued survival of horseshoe crabs and the red knot, an endangered shorebird has been completed just in time for the second summer after Superstorm Sandy, which severely eroded the beaches and wrecked habitat for the animals. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
