Markakis takes part in Washington Monument ceremony

Orioles right fielder <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT008500" title="Nick Markakis" href="/topic/sports/baseball/nick-markakis-PESPT008500.topic">Nick Markakis</a> stands in front of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLTRA0000165" title="Washington Monument" href="/topic/travel/tourism-leisure/washington-monument-PLTRA0000165.topic">Washington Monument</a> before the ceremonial lighting Thursday night. Markakis joined Mayor Sheila Dixon and other officials in the west square of Mount Vernon Place for the 38th annual lighting of the monument. A near-capacity crowd gathered in the parks and sidewalks around the Washington Monument, while others watched from the apartment buildings and clubs facing the monument.

( Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis / December 3, 2009 )

Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis stands in front of the Washington Monument before the ceremonial lighting Thursday night. Markakis joined Mayor Sheila Dixon and other officials in the west square of Mount Vernon Place for the 38th annual lighting of the monument. A near-capacity crowd gathered in the parks and sidewalks around the Washington Monument, while others watched from the apartment buildings and clubs facing the monument.

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Markakis takes part in Washington Monument ceremony

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