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# National Mall Coalition

an organized voice for the public on mall matters.

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## Posts

- [Celebrate America’s 250th With a 3rd Century Vision for the Future of Our National Mall       ](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2026/07/celebrate-americas-250th-3rd-century-vision-future-national-mall/) - Happy 250th, America! As we celebrate our country’s founding and look hopefully toward the future of the American experiment, we must also rededicate ourselves to an encouraging future for our National Mall, the Stage for American Democracy: We need a new plan for the Mall’s 3rd Century! The Mall today is facing unprecedented challenges. The
- [Happy Independence Day!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/07/happy-independence-day/) - Founding Father John Adams got our national celebration of Independence Day only half right. Yes, we celebrate with “pomp and parade," but not on the day he predicted.
- [Petula Dvorak's latest column highlights Coalition's urgent push for a 21st-century National Mall plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2026/05/petula-dvorak-latest-column-highlights-coalitions-urgent-push-for-a-21st-century-national-mall-plan/) - Seasoned DC columnist Petula Dvorak is not pleased to see the president remaking some of our most iconic monuments and public open spaces of the Mall.
- [Proposed Arch is a Wake-Up Call: Create a Vision for the Whole Mall in its 3rd Century](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2026/04/proposed-arch-is-a-wake-up-call-create-a-vision-for-whole-mall-3rd-century/) - Whatever you think about the president’s proposed memorial arch, it is nowhere clear this is the best location.
- [A Great Place for American Heroes — on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2026/01/a-better-place-for-american-heroes-on-the-national-mall/) - Congress must act to establish an independent commission to advise immediately on a National Garden of American Heroes.
- [2025 Annual Appeal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/12/2016-annual-holiday-appeal/) - I hope you will once again help the National Mall Coalition with a tax-deductible contribution. We have redoubled our efforts this year to advance some very innovative ideas and to expand our public education and outreach.
- [Finance Plan Supports Feasibility of National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/08/finance-plan-supports-feasibility-national-mall-underground/) - A financial planning study, commissioned by the National Mall Coalition and carried out by Ram Island Strategies, Partners for Economic Solutions, and Bostonia Partners, has found that the proposed National Mall Underground is financially feasible.
- [Without a Vision, Who Decides the National Mall's 3rd Century Evolution?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2025/11/without-a-vision-who-decides-the-national-malls-3rd-century-evolution/) - Challenges to the future vitality of the National Mall as the Stage for American Democracy are front and center in the public eye.
- [Creative Ideas to Grow the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/3rd-century-mall/) - Expand the Mall Boundaries – Again How can we protect the integrity of the historical Mall while also providing new places for future generations to tell their story? The National Mall Coalition proposes expanding the Mall's boundaries once again, just as the 1902 McMillan Commission expanded the original Mall to create the Lincoln Memorial. CLICK on these
- [The Future of Our National Mall:  An Independence Day Appeal to the American People](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2025/07/the-future-our-national-mall-independence-day-appeal-american-people/) - Since our founding in 2000, the National Mall Coalition has been an unwavering advocate for the National Mall as an important landscape enshrining American history and values, a lively stage for American democracy. As we celebrate our country’s origin and eagerly anticipate our 250th birthday next July 4th, the Coalition appeals to all Americans to
- [Quiz: Flood Threats on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/03/quiz-flood-threats-national-mall/) - In 2018, the National Park Service released a report that analyzed the effects of climate change on flooding in our national parks in 2050.
- [UPDATE: Mr. President, as America Nears Our 250th Anniversary, the National Mall Needs You](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/07/mr-president-america-nears-250th-anniversary-national-mall-needs-you/) - UPDATE July 23, 2024 Mr. President, as you ponder your legacy, you have an opportunity to give a special gift to the American people: the creation of a Presidential Commission charged with planning the needed expansion of the National Mall. Mr. President: Your Presidency will be remembered for your heroic efforts to protect and promote
- [Quiz:  The Lincoln Memorial: A New Birth of Freedom](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/03/quiz-the-lincoln-memorial-a-new-birth-of-freedom/) - Test your knowledge of the 16th President of the United States and the significance of his memorial on the National Mall in this short quiz. At the end of the quiz, click the blue check mark to see your score.
- [Take the FDR Memorial Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/11/take-the-fdr-memorial-quiz/) - How much do you know about the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C.? Take this seven question quiz.
- [Rethinking How We Memorialize America’s History on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2025/02/the-world-war-ii-memorial-created-the-national-mall-coalition/) - February 2025 Reading of the recent death of Friedrich St. Florian, architect of the National WWII Memorial on the National Mall, I was drawn back to the controversy over that monument that led to creation of the nonprofit National Mall Coalition in 2000. I now come to the rueful conclusion 25 years later that not
- [Why do we need to advance the legacy with a 3rd Century Mall Plan?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/advancing-the-legacy/) - The National Mall in Washington, DC, is the legacy of two brilliant visionary plans: the 1791 L’Enfant Plan and the 1901-1902 McMillan Commission Plan.
- [With America’s 250th Anniversary Fast Approaching, The National Mall Needs Attention … NOW!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2025/06/with-americas-250th-anniversary-looming-the-national-mall-needs-attention-now/) - View the National Mall Coalition’s new PDF sharing the history of the Mall, considered America’s Stage for Democracy, and covering the challenges facing the Mall and those in charge of its upkeep and development.
- [Mall Maps & Guides](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2023/01/mall-maps/) - Download a free PDF copy of the National Mall: Stage For Our Democracy Visitor Map & Guide!
- [Welcome to Your National Mall: A Guide for First-Time Visitors](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/03/welcome-to-your-national-mall-a-guide-for-first-time-visitors/) - Throughout our country’s history, the National Mall in Washington, DC, has played a prominent role as a venue to inspire, celebrate, recreate, demonstrate, protest, and petition the government for redress of grievances as envisioned in the First Amendment to the Constitution. No wonder the Mall has been called the Stage for American Democracy. And no
- [Take the Civics on the National Mall Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2025/02/take-the-civics-on-the-national-mall-quiz/) - Take a quiz to learn about America’s founding ideals, the US Constitution, and our ongoing struggle for freedom for all.
- [2024 Coalition Newsletter and Yearly Appeal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2025/02/2024-coalition-newsletter-and-yearly-appeal/) - As the National Mall Coalition enters its 25th year, we continue to remind the public of the significance of the National Mall, advocating forward-looking policies and ideas that celebrate the Mall as the Stage for American Democracy.
- [Our Nation's Capital](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/03/nations-capital/) - The 1791 L'Enfant Plan for the nation's capital came out of the minds of some of our nation's founders — Peter Charles L'Enfant, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
- [National Mall Flood Solutions Will Have to Wait](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/12/national-mall-flood-solutions-will-have-to-wait/) - By Judy Scott Feldman, PhD, Chair of the National Mall Coalition Stormwater flooding in the National Mall and Federal Triangle area is a well-recognized existential threat to our Smithsonian museums and national treasures as well as government buildings lining Constitution Avenue. To judge by the November 3rd monthly meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission, it’s
- [Coalition Presents National Mall Underground to Commission of Fine Arts](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/11/coalition-presents-national-mall-underground-to-commission-of-fine-arts/) - The CFA asked the Coalition for an “information presentation” on the Underground, which Judy Scott Feldman and Arthur Cotton Moore provided on October 21 during one of the CFA’s regular monthly meetings.
- [An evolving stage for American Democracy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/lenfant-mcmillan/) - The American people in modern times have given the Mall new meaning. They have taken ownership of the National Mall.
- [Getting the Public Involved](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/wamo-competition/) - Washington Monument Ideas Competition The National Mall Coalition originated the idea for an open public competition for the Washington Monument grounds in our 2009 "Renewing American Democracy on the 3rd Century Mall" report. The National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds took place, in a three-step process, from 2010 to 2012. Our purpose was
- [THE NATIONAL MALL UNDERGROUND](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/nmu/) - National Mall Underground
- [A VISION FOR THE FUTURE](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/09/creating-a-new-unified-vision/) - Creating a vision for the Mall in its 3rd century In its clean, majestic sweep from the U.S. Capitol past the Washington Monument and on to the Lincoln Memorial, the National Mall in Washington, DC, celebrates the democratic ideals of freedom, equality, and limited government on which our nation was founded. A gathering place for civic
- [GAO Report Calls For Better Mall Security](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/09/gao-report-calls-for-better-mall-security/) - There is growing concern about ensuring public access while safeguarding visitors and staff on the National Mall according to a new GAO report.
- [For Today’s National Park Service, It Appears the Health of Lawn Grass Wins Out Over Recreation and Health Benefits for Washingtonians](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/11/national-park-service-it-appears-the-health-of-lawn-grass-wins-out-over-recreation/) - Now the National Park Service has announced, as reported in The Washington Post, that it plans to ban all recreational sports on the Mall starting in 2018 – not only for the Monument grounds, as the Post reports, but also for the entire area between 3rd and 17th Streets. 
- [New Monument Proposed on the Mall to Honor Veterans of the Global War on Terror](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/12/new-monument-proposed-on-the-mall-to-honor-veterans-of-the-global-war-on-terror/) - Americans of all persuasions rightly and understandably seek to honor the courageous men and women who have served our country, defended our shores, and carried out the directives of Congress and the President in actions overseas.
- [Poll question: Tour Buses on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/12/poll-question-tour-busses-national-mall/) - Tour buses are efficient transportation solutions because they bring as many as 40 or 50 people to the Mall in one vehicle. But they don’t have anywhere to park and end up blocking our monuments, causing congestion, and polluting the air. Could you imagine other famous landmarks such as Old Faithful obscured by the rows
- [Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Cherry Blossoms on the National Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/quiz-how-much-know-about-cherry-blossoms-national-mall/) - Test your knowledge of the cherry blossoms and the springtime festival held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. every year.
- [Called to the Mall: Read Excerpts from this Anthology of Kids' Stories About the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-to-the-mall-an-anthology-of-stories-about-the-national-mall/) - We sincerely appreciate the wondrous work these talented students of the Shining Stars Montessori Academy Public Charter School, along with their teacher Louise Parker Kelley, have done on this civics project.
- [Army Corps Says National Mall Coalition Project Can Solve Mall Flooding](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/09/army-corps-says-national-mall-coalition-project-solve-mall-flooding/) - The Corps concludes that the National Mall Underground could fill a significant gap in Washington’s stormwater flood protection system.
- [ACLU and Coalition team up to fight proposed National Mall free speech regulations](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/04/aclu-coalition-fight-proposed-national-mall-free-speech-regulations/) - A letter sent to the House Natural Resources Committee from the American Civil Liberties Union last week has prompted Congress to ask questions about the National Park Service's proposal to start charging fees for protests staged on the National Mall.
- [Coalition's Goldstein Defends D.C. War Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/05/coalitions-goldstein-defends-d-c-war-memorial/) - Read Coalition board member Ellen Goldstein's recent Letter to the Editor in The Washington Post about the District of Columbia War Memorial.
- [UPDATED: Coalition's latest Op-Ed in The Washington Post Tackles Mall Flooding](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/08/coalitions-latest-op-ed-washington-post-tackles-mall-flooding/) - In an op-ed published August 25th in The Washington Post, the National Mall Coalition describes the existential threat of flooding on the National Mall, puts forward our National Mall Underground flood reservoir solution, and stresses the urgency to act: "If someone has a better solution, then speak up, the sooner the better. Let’s get on with it, lest we
- [A concerned citizen's comments on plans to modify the Korean War and Second Division Monuments](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/11/concerned-citizens-comments-plans-to-modify-the-korean-war-second-division-monuments/) - By Tom King Here are the comments I filed on October 29, 2019 via the National Park Service website, concerning the proposed modifications to the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall and the 2nd Infantry Division Memorial in President’s Park south of the White House. I serve as an informal advisor to the National
- [Concerns About Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Potomac Park Levee](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/06/comments-environmental-assessment-ea-finding-impact-potomac-park-levee/) - I am writing on behalf of the National Mall Coalition, a nonprofit citizens group based in Washington, DC, whose mission is to help ensure the vitality, beauty, and continued active role of the National Mall in the capital and in American life, to comment on the Draft Supplemental EA and FONSI for the Potomac Park Levee project.
- [Webinar on National Mall Flood Resiliency Draws Record Audience for AIA](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/06/webinar-on-national-mall-resiliency-draws-record-audience-for-aia/) - The National Mall Coalition's June 3rd presentation "Resiliency for the National Mall" turned out to be "Architecture Month's biggest event," according to the sponsor American Institute of Architects, drawing 225 registrants and 135 actual attendees.
- [Take the Ultimate Washington Monument Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/08/take-the-ultimate-washington-monument-quiz/) - Take this 14-question, multiple-choice challenge to learn about the history of one of the United States' most recognizable monuments on the National Mall.
- [A Humble and Unscripted Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/10/a-humble-and-unscripted-tribute-to-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg/) - Up until the body of Justice Ginsburg arrived at the Court five days later, thousands and thousands of ordinary Americans came from all over the Washington metropolitan area – and from well beyond – to pay their respects.
- [Quiz: How much do you know about American history told in our memorials on the National Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/11/quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-memorials-on-the-national-mall/) - Answer seven questions and find out about the controversies surround memorials on the Stage for American Democracy.
- [Keep Out: ​No Trespassing​ on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/01/keep-out-no-trespassing-on-the-national-mall/) - It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day and I can’t go see his memorial. I must keep out of the Capitol, I cannot see Rosa Parks’ statue. I can’t go ​anywhere​ on the National Mall.
- [Who is in Charge of National Mall Security?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/01/who-is-in-charge-of-national-mall-security/) - How can we face yet new threats without adding to the problem? How can we even set about conceiving of a way to protect the Capitol and our national monuments from American citizens?
- [The National Mall Has Gone Dark: What Happened to Thoughtful Discourse in America?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/01/the-national-mall-has-gone-dark-what-happened-to-thoughtful-discourse-in-america/) - As I write this, the entire National Mall is scheduled to be closed down for the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, along with many blocks beyond it – all the pink areas shown below.
- [The U.S. Capitol and National Mall in the Shadow of Security](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/02/us-capitol-and-national-mall-shadow-of-security/) - Two of the most enduring images of Biden’s Inauguration were of the Capitol Building in the shadow of an unprecedented level of security and a National Mall without a cheering crowd.
- [Photo Gallery: The January 6th Aftermath — Our National Mall Under Lockdown](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/02/photo-gallery-the-january-6th-aftermath-our-national-mall-under-lockdown/) - In the days following the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, National Mall Coalition board member Lisa Benton-Short captured in this photo essay the troops, barriers, and fences locking down our nation’s capital.
- [A Tribute to Charles I. Cassell (1924 – 2021)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/05/a-tribute-to-charles-i-cassell-1924-2021/) - All of us with the National Mall Coalition are deeply saddened to learn that Charles Cassell passed away May 17th.
- [The Capitol Fence Comes Down](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/07/the-capitol-fence-comes-down/) - Over the weekend, the fence erected around the U.S. Capitol following the January 6th riot was removed.
- [Infrastructure Upgrades can be a Turning Point for the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/07/infrastructure-upgrades-turning-point-national-mall/) - On June 24th, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts reviewed the Smithsonian Institution’s much-reduced plan for its museum buildings on the south side of the National Mall.
- [Considering a 'Buses Only' Alternative for National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/08/buses-only-alternative-national-mall-underground/) - The National Mall Coalition has begun looking at an alternative to the original National Mall Underground concept, called “Alternative A,” designed to accommodate only tour bus parking.
- [Hurricane Ida: A Wakeup Call for the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/09/hurricane-ida-a-wakeup-call-for-the-national-mall/) - The District of Columbia has just dodged another bullet -- the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
- [Are Temporary Memorials the Future on the National Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/10/are-temporary-memorials-the-future-on-the-national-mall/) - 600,000 small white flags that occupy twenty acres of the grounds around the Washington Monument show the power of the ephemeral.
- [EV Charging Station Beneath the National Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/02/ev-charging-station-beneath-the-national-mall/) - The growth in the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) suggests yet another function for the National Mall Underground ... EV Charging Center.
- [DC and Mall Flooding: A Struggle to Avoid Drowning](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/01/dc-mall-flooding-struggle-avoid-drowning/) - The Washington Post recently published a front-page story about flooding in Washington DC and the mixed record of DC and federal agencies in addressing the threat.
- [A Tribute to Albert H. Small (1925 – 2021)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/12/a-tribute-to-albert-h-small-1925-2021/) - Our National Mall Coalition lost a visionary Board member and enthusiastic champion of the National Mall with the death of Albert H. Small on October 3, 2021.
- [An Appreciation of Fred Hiatt of The Washington Post](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/12/an-appreciation-of-fred-hiatt-of-the-washington-post/) - Sadly, the National Mall, and the National Mall Coalition, lost a champion and friend with the recent death of Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of The Washington Post. Fred generously provided us op-ed space, and he promoted our biggest ideas over the years. Early on, in 2003, he published our op-ed, “We Must Save America’s Mall.” In 2005, his personal op-ed promoted our idea to “Let the
- [Celebrating the Lincoln Memorial's 100th: From Landfill to Monument](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/05/celebrating-the-lincoln-memorials-100th-from-landfill-to-monument/) - The Lincoln Memorial, one of the most beloved and visited monuments on the National Mall, turns 100 on May 30th.
- [A Washington Visionary: The Legacy of Arthur Cotton Moore](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/10/farewell-friend-the-legacy-of-arthur-cotton-moore/) - By Judy Scott Feldman The National Mall Coalition mourns the death of Arthur Cotton Moore FAIA, long-time vice chair of the Coalition and design visionary for the Coalition’s architectural and urban design proposals to improve the National Mall and ensure its continued vitality as the Stage for American Democracy. The obituary in The Washington Post relates
- [Where to put two new Smithsonian museums on the Mall? The Coalition has a solution](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/06/where-put-two-smithsonian-museums-mall-coalition-has-solution/) - Renowned local architect Arthur Cotton Moore FAIA has devised a compelling and viable solution for two new museum sites on the Mall.
- [Controversial Sites for Smithsonian’s Two Museums? You Decide](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/12/controversial-sites-for-smithsonians-two-museums-you-decide/) - The Smithsonian announced in October its choice of two sites on the Mall for its new museums, the National Museum of Women’s History and the National Museum of the American Latino.
- [Hoboken to Washington: Wake Up! Tackle Flooding Now](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2023/11/hoboken-to-washington-wake-up-tackle-flooding-now/) - Hurricane season spared Washington DC in 2023 but we can’t expect such good luck indefinitely.
- [A Tribute to National Mall Coalition Board Member George H.F. Oberlander](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/01/tribute-national-mall-coalition-board-member-george-oberlander/) - We in the National Mall Coalition mourn the death on December 25, 2023 of George Oberlander, long-time Board member and Vice Chair, and good friend.
- [Watch: History and Future of the National Mall — Visionary Ideas & Modern Challenges](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/08/watch-history-and-future-of-the-national-mall-visionary-ideas-modern-challenges/) - Do you know where the idea for the National Mall came from? How the Mall has evolved over 200 years? How our national monuments and Smithsonian museums were, and are, created? What lies in the future for this majestic Stage for American Democracy? This educational video answers these questions and more: the patriotic ideals embedded
- [3rd Century Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/3rd-century-initiative/) - 3rd Century Mall Initiative The National Mall Coalition began our 3rd Century Mall Initiative in late 2003 out of concern for the future of this nationally significant symbolic landscape in the heart of the nation’s capital. Continuing pressures for new construction –- memorials, museums, and security barriers –- threatened to overwhelm the public open space.
- [2023 Coalition Newsletter and Yearly Appeal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2024/01/2023-coalition-newsletter-yearly-appeal/) - Dear Friends of the National Mall, The Coalition is entering our 24th year in which we continue our efforts to educate the public about the significance of the National Mall, advocate forward-looking policies to support the role of the Mall as the Stage for American Democracy, and develop creative programs and ideas to ensure the Mall
- [2022 Coalition Newsletter and Yearly Appeal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/12/2022-coalition-newsletter-and-yearly-appeal/) - We've had a full and busy 2022 and sadly lost one of our stalwarts with the death of visionary architect and Coalition vice-chair Arthur Cotton Moore.
- [Will the Smithsonian South Mall Plan Encourage More Building on the Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/03/major-national-mall-challenges-what-the-national-capital-planning-commission-need-to-do/) - On March 3rd, on behalf of the National Mall Coalition, I presented testimony to the National Capital Planning Commission speaking to the major challenges we face on the Mall.
- [Why do we need to update public policy and unify governance?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/public-policy/) - Who decides what museums or monuments can be built on the National Mall, what public activities are allowed or forbidden?
- [Coalition Letter in The Washington Post: 'Moore worked on the vision of D.C. until the end'](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/10/washington-post-letter-moore-worked-on-the-vision-of-d-c-until-end/) - "Architect transformed the aesthetic of the District," the Sept. 9 obituary for architect Arthur Cotton Moore, who died Sept. 4 at age 87, captured Moore’s admirable urban design vision — “preserving the city’s urban landscape even as he pushed it to evolve.” D.C. planners and architects will speak respectfully of the historic 1791 L’Enfant Plan
- [Photo Gallery: Celebrating 100 years of the Lincoln Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/05/photo-gallery-celebrating-100-years-of-the-lincoln-memorial/) - A slideshow offering a brief visual overview of the Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Memorial under construction (Library of Congress) Lincoln Memorial swamp area (Library of Congress) Lincoln Memorial under construction (Library of Congress) Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool under construction (Library of Congress) Lincoln Memorial Dedication view of gathered crowd (Library of Congress) Crowd gathered at the
- [Testimony: Coalition Chair Feldman Addresses the National Capital Planning Commission on the Smithsonian South Mall Campus Historic Core Revitalization](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/03/testimony-feldman-addresses-national-capital-planning-commission-smithsonian-south-mall-campus-revitalization/) - Good morning, Chair White and Commissioners. I am Judy Scott Feldman, Chair of the nonprofit National Mall Coalition. The Coalition is dedicated to advancing comprehensive, visionary planning for the Mall to ensure the vitality of this historic national treasure for future generations. The Coalition has been participating in the historic preservation Section 106 public review
- [Comments: WWII Memorial Circle of Remembrance FDR D-Day Plaque and Redesign](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2022/01/comments-wwii-memorial-circle-remembrance-fdr-d-day-plaque-redesign/) - The National Mall Coalition has not commented publicly about the changes to the Circle of Remembrance component of the WWII Memorial in the past; we were not aware of the proposed redesign concept.
- [Coalition Newsletter and Yearly Appeal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/12/coalition-newsletter-and-yearly-appeal/) - Read more below including our appreciation of Washington Post editorial board editor Fred Hiatt, our presentation of the Underground proposal to the Commission of Fine Arts in October, and our tribute to Coalition Board member Albert H. Small.
- [National Mall Infrastructure Upgrades, Tribute to Charles I. Cassell and Mall Security](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/10/national-mall-infrastructure-upgrades-tribute-to-charles-i-cassell-and-mall-security/) - The fencing put up around the Capitol Building after January 6th has been taken down. But the images of the People’s House behind barricades remains a terrible memory.
- [Photo Gallery: Artist Suzanne Brennan Firsten's "In America: Remember"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2021/10/photo-gallery-artist-suzanne-brennan-firstens-in-america-remember/) - A photo essay by Ellen Goldstein of artist Suzanne Brennan Firsten's National Mall exhibit "In America: Remember"
- [National Coalition to Save the Mall's 10th Anniversary](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/12/20091216-2/) - This year the National Coalition to Save Our Mall has been extraordinarily active, and 2010 – the 10th anniversary of our Coalition -- promises to be even more productive.
- [Afterlife for the World War II Memorial?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/12/afterlife-for-the-world-war-ii-memorial/) - Whatever else you can say about the World War II (WWII) Memorial on the National Mall, it’s surely obvious that its siting, on the filled-in marshland of the Potomac River, was questionable at best.
- [Watch a 17-minute video overview of the National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/11/watch-a-17-minute-video-overview-of-the-national-mall-underground/) - A truly innovative, comprehensive, public-private approach to Mall planning, the National Mall Underground consolidates in one multi-purpose facility the needs of all constituencies – local residents, Mall visitors, Smithsonian, National Park Service, District of Columbia government, Architect of the Capitol, General Services Administration, and others. The Underground will solve longstanding stormwater flooding problems and create a more welcoming, lively, and
- [Finance plan for the National Mall Underground, successful AIA event, Mall History Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/10/finance-plan-for-the-national-mall-underground-successful-aia-event-mall-history-quiz/) - The National Mall is once again coming to life, shaking off the eerie quiet of the past several months of Covid-19 induced quarantine.
- ['Tom Clancy's The Division 2' shows the effects of flooding on D.C. and the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/03/tom-clancys-the-division-2-shows-the-effects-of-flooding-on-d-c-and-the-national-mall/) - For anyone wondering what the nation's capital would look like after significant flooding in and around the National Mall as well as the effects of a catastrophic pandemic, video game developer Ubisoft offers an eye-opening vision.
- [UPDATED: Architecture Month Webinar: Flood Resiliency for the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2020/02/aia-event-flood-resiliency-national-mall/) - In an exhibit and public symposium at The George Washington University Museum, the National Mall Coalition will present a unique approach to resiliency on the National Mall, one of the country’s most important public spaces affected by flooding. 
- [Coalition letter regarding rehabilitation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/10/coalition-letter-rehabilitation-of-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/) - With Congress providing much-needed funding for Mall repairs, the National Park Service is developing plans for the rehabilitation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- [Post letters: An Excess of Inaccessibility](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2005/01/post-letters-excess-inaccessibility/) - On a visit to the Library of Congress last week with out-of-town guests, it took 25 minutes to get through security at the Jefferson Building.
- [NPS Public Meeting: "National Mall Plan" and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/02/nps-national-mall-plan-eis/) - The National Park Service will hold a public meeting this Thursday evening, February 18th, to discuss the Park Service "National Mall Plan" and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The deadline for public comments on the Plan is March 18th. 
- [Happy July 4th!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/07/happy-july-4th-2008/) - The National Mall is receiving plenty of media attention this July 4th--with stories about the Mall's decrepit condition.
- [Slideshow: Devastating Floods are a Historic and Ongoing Problem for the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/slideshow-devastating-floods-are-a-historic-and-ongoing-problem-for-the-national-mall/) - The National Mall Coalition has proposed a way to implement the 2011 recommendations for a floodwater reservoir under the National Mall while also solving other Mall problems that will make the Mall more welcoming, lively, and resilient – the National Mall Underground.
- [National Mall Exhibit, Presidential Inaugurations, Mall marches, gondolas and making space for the African American History Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/02/exhibit-inaugurations-mall-marches-gondolas-and-making-space-for-the-african-american-history-museum/) - Newsletter covering the National Mall Exhibit, Presidential Inaugurations, Mall marches, gondolas and making space for the African American History Museum
- [DC’s Shining Stars, GAO Mall report, Folklife Festival, Branch Museum exhibit, World War II Memorial archive and the Coalition in the the news](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/11/newsletter-shining-stars-gao-report-folklife-branch-museum/) - Newsletter on DC’s Shining Stars, GAO Mall report, Folklife Festival, Branch Museum exhibit, World War II Memorial archive and the Coalition in the news
- [Korean War & Second Division Monuments Modifications, Post Op-Ed and Mall Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/12/korean-war-second-division-monuments-modifications-post-op-ed-mall-quiz-newsletter/) - Dear Friends of the National Mall, Happy Holidays! The National Mall Coalition was founded in 2000 by a group of architects, historians, preservationists, educators, and concerned citizens seeking to provide, in the face of fragmented government management, a voice for the public interest in National Mall matters. We continue to raise a voice to protect and
- [Comments: Second Division Memorial Modification, President’s Park](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/10/comments-second-division-memorial-modification-presidents-park/) - On behalf of the National Mall Coalition, I am writing to comment on the proposal to modify the Second Infantry Division Memorial, on the National Mall between the Ellipse and Constitution Avenue.
- [Comments: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Proposal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/10/comments-korean-war-veterans-memorial-wall-of-remembrance-proposal/) - I am writing on behalf of the National Mall Coalition to comment on plans to construct a “Wall of Remembrance” at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall.
- [Can you pass a National Mall history test?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/09/can-pass-national-mall-history-test/) - Take this multiple-choice challenge an learn about the memorials, monuments and history tied to the "Stage for American Democracy."
- [Photo Gallery: Fireworks on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/06/photo-gallery-fireworks-on-the-national-mall/) - Take a colorful journey through fireworks displays igniting the night sky on the National Mall in honor of the Fourth of July.
- [Defending the D.C. War Memorial, ACLU and Coalition fight for Mall free speech, ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division 2’ floods the Mall & the Mall shutdown](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/06/defending-d-c-war-memorial-aclu-d-coalition-mall-free-speech-division-2-floods-mall-shutdown/) - Dear Friends of the National Mall, In this newsletter update, read: praise for the simple beauty of the D.C. World War I Memorial on the Mall, defense for free speech on the Mall and opposition to proposed new regulations, a new video game that shows worst-case scenarios for flooding in D.C. and on the Mall, and
- ['Forrest Gump' returns to the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/05/forrest-gump-returns-national-mall/) - Paramount Pictures' Academy Award-winning "Forrest Gump" marks its 25th anniversary with a free movie screening kicking off Memorial Day weekend on the National Mall.
- ['The Future of the National Mall' Oversight Hearing](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/05/future-national-mall-hearing/) - On Tuesday, May 20th, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an oversight hearing on "The Future of the National Mall."
- [Post: Ken Salazar and the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/02/post-ken-salazar-mall/) - This editorial in Sunday's Washington Post tells the welcome good news of the new Administration's strong support for protecting the National Mall.
- [National Mall and Easter](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/04/national-mall-easter/) - Yesterday and today, the National Mall was the place history was remembered and traditions celebrated.
- [Newsweek: A Mall Overhaul](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/07/newsweek-mall-overhaul/) - It didn't take long for the red flags to go up over the weekend after 17 ducks mysteriously showed up dead in a reflecting pool at the eastern end of the National Mall--directly in front of the U.S. Capitol building.
- [CQ Weekly: Managing the Mall for the Masses](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/08/cq-managing-mall-masses/) - The steady crush of foot traffic and trash turns the Mall’s more than 300 acres of grass into bare dirt, sometimes as compact as concrete. It takes 10 tons of grass seed and almost 3,000 yards of sod to mitigate each year’s damage.
- [Release: Local Architecture Students in Design Competition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/09/local-architecture-students-competition/) - The National Mall is in the spotlight with the 2009 Inter-School Design Competition happening this Sunday:
- [NPS Meeting to Improve Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/12/nps-reflecting-pool-meeting/) - Separate from its ongoing National Mall Plan (the subject of yesterday's UPDATE), the National Park Service is planning rehabilitation of and improvements to the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool and surrounding areas. 
- [Post: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial approved](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/10/post-mlk-memorial-approved/) - On Monday, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial planned for the Tidal Basin near the FDR Memorial was given final approval by the National Capital Planning Commission
- [Arthur Cotton Moore featured in "On the Waterfront" and "Our Town"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/07/arthur-cotton-moore-featured-in-on-the-waterfront-and-our-town/) - Coalition board member Arthur Cotton Moore was recently featured by two media outlets offering a overview of his career as well as some of Mr. Cotton Moore's opinions on the current state of the National Mall and the history of Washington D.C. architecture.
- [The National Mall Has Lost a Friend in W. Kent Cooper](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/02/national-mall-lost-a-friend-w-kent-cooper/) - The National Mall Coalition is mourning the passing of longtime board member W. Kent Cooper, FAIA (1926 – 2018).
- [Arthur Cotton Moore – Washington’s Visionary Architect](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/05/arthur-cotton-moore-washingtons-visionary-architect/) - Renowned local architect and Coalition board member Arthur Cotton Moore is featured in new articles from the Washingtonian and Washington Business Journal.
- [Testimony: Coalition Chair Feldman Addresses Public Use and Recreational Sports on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/06/testimony-feldman-addresses-public-use-and-recreational-sports-national-mall/) - Comments from Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D. at Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's meeting to address recent changes by the National Park Service on public use and recreational sports on the National Mall.
- [Washington Post Editorial: "Don’t let the Mall become an untouchable relic"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/07/post-editorial-dont-let-the-mall-become-untouchable-relic/) - The Washington Post's Editorial Board commented on the recent drafted proposal by the National Park Service to "permanently ban organized sports and recreational activities on the Washington Monument grounds and dramatically increase the fees for the other athletic fields on the Mall." Here are a few nuggets from the editorial: "The Mall was created to
- [UPDATE: CQ Magazine: Park Service Backs Off Plan to Restrict Sports on National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/07/cq-magazine-park-service-backs-off-plan-to-restrict-sports-on-national-mall/) - CQ Magazine is reporting that the National Park Service has dropped a controversial proposal that would have banned sports on the National Mall.
- [UPDATED: Proposed Rules Threaten the Public Vitality of the National Mall ](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/10/proposed-rules-threaten-public-vitality-national-mall/) - The National Mall Coalition has filed comments with the National Park Service (NPS) expressing great concern about proposed rules that would govern use of the Mall.
- [Presidents Day Photo Gallery: Memorials and Monuments around the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/02/presidents-day-photo-gallery-presidential-memorials-and-monuments-on-or-near-the-national-mall/) - A slideshow of Presidential Memorials and Monuments on or near the National Mall including the Lincoln Memorial, James A. Garfield Monument, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and U.S. Capitol building.
- [National Mall Versus the Wall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2019/01/national-mall-versus-the-wall/) - The federal government is in partial shutdown mode, thanks to a battle of political wills over funding for a border wall, concrete or steel or otherwise, demanded by Donald Trump as a quid pro quo for re-opening the government.
- [NPS threatens the public vitality of the Mall, Hurricane Florence, rules on Mall recreational use & architect Arthur Cotton Moore](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/11/nps-threatens-public-vitality-mall-hurricane-florence-rules-recreational-arthur-cotton-moore/) - The National Mall Coalition has been raising our voice to protect and enhance public use of the National Mall for many years, and especially now in the face of increasing restrictions on First Amendment activities, cultural events, and recreation.
- [Called to the Mall: Rosa Parks: A Brave Black Woman](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-mall-rosa-parks-a-brave-black-woman/) - By Mykia Plummer, 9 years old There is a statue of Mrs. Rosa Parks in Washington, D.C. Why? She was a brave leader. She knew it was time to stand up for Black people’s civil rights. In 1955 there was segregation. It was the law back in her time, from when she was born in 1913. This
- [Called to the Mall: Presenting Marian Anderson](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/02/called-to-the-mall-presenting-marian-anderson/) - By Sydney Cuff, 11 years old Marian Anderson was a beautiful and strong opera singer. She sang all over America and Europe. She was invited to sing in Washington, D.C., in 1939. At first she was supposed to sing at DAR Constitution Hall, but she couldn’t because the man in charge didn’t let African Americans
- [Called to the Mall: Memorial for Martin](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/02/called-to-the-mall-memorial-for-martin/) - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was never the president, yet he has a memorial on the National Mall.
- [Called to the Mall: Girls On Fire](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/02/called-to-the-mall-girls-on-fire/) - This year in Washington, D.C., at the National Mall, there were girls on fire, marching for equality on January 21, 2017.
- [Called to the Mall: John Lewis: He Changed the World](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-mall-john-lewis-he-changed-the-world/) - John Lewis, the civil rights leader, was born February 21, 1940.
- [Called to the Mall: This Sculpture Tells the Story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-to-the-mall-sculpture-tells-the-story-of-the-54th-massachusetts-regiment-civil-war/) - This great sculpture, called the Shaw Memorial, is in the National Gallery of Art on the Mall in D.C. It shows the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marching in 1863.
- [Called to the Mall: The Lincoln Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-to-the-mall-the-lincoln-memorial/) - The Lincoln Memorial is an important part of the National Mall.
- [Called to the Mall: Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C.!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-to-the-mall-cherry-blossom-festival-in-d-c/) - I get to live in Washington, D.C., where the Cherry Blossom Festival happens every year.
- [Called to the Mall: National Mall — Great Place to Be](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/called-mall-national-mall-great-place-to-be/) - Many important things have happened at the National Mall. It looks like a big field with lots of grass, and some trees.
- [Called to the Mall: Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/04/called-to-the-mall-harriet-tubman-20/) - In the future, at our Bureau of Engraving and Printing there on the National Mall, they will be honoring a Black woman on the money soon. Her name is: HARRIET TUBMAN!
- [Comments: Special Regulations, Areas of National Park System, National Capital Region, Special Events and Demonstrations (1024-AE45)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/10/comments-special-regulations-areas-of-national-park-events-demonstrations/) - The National Mall Coalition appreciates this opportunity to comment on the National Park Service “Proposed Rules” for NPS-managed parkland in the nation’s capital.
- [Does the National Park Service Want to Charge Fees For National Mall Demonstrations?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/08/does-the-national-park-service-want-to-charge-fees-for-national-mall-demonstrations/) - UPDATE: The public comment period ends October 15, 2018 The National Park Service is now considering charging for free speech demonstrations on the National Mall, according to multiple news services: WASHINGTON POST: The Trump administration wants to tax protests. What happened to free speech? CLICK HERE to read the Washington Post editorial opposing fees CLICK HERE
- [Could Hurricane Florence Pose a Flood Risk for the National Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/09/hurricane-florence-could-storm-flood-risk-national-mall/) - The potential for flooding and high waters caused by Hurricane Florence reminds us here in Washington that the National Mall and surrounding federal buildings are vulnerable to storms and floods.
- [Coalition Comments on Proposed Rehabilitation of Constitution Gardens](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2014/05/coalition-comments-on-proposed-rehabilitation-of-constitution-gardens/) - Read our two-part comments during the roll-out of the Section 106 process in 2014.
- [Testimony Before the Commission of Fine Arts Regarding Security at the Lincoln Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2005/03/testimony-before-the-commission-of-fine-arts-regarding-security-at-the-lincoln-memorial/) - We urge you to evaluate this Lincoln Memorial security project in terms of the Mall as a unified public space, not simply a collection of buildings.
- [Latest comments on Vietnam Visitors Center](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/06/latest-comments-on-vietnam-visitors-center/) - At its monthly meeting on June 4, 2009, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) reviewed the latest revised design concept for the proposed Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitors Center.
- [Coalition comments on the proposed Environmental Document for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/05/coalition-comments-on-the-proposed-environmental-document-for-the-dwight-d-eisenhower-memorial/) - These comments are submitted in response to the scoping for the environmental document to be prepared by the Eisenhower Memorial Commission and the National Park Service for the Eisenhower Memorial .
- [Coalition comments on NPS Turf Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/04/coalition-comments-on-nps-turf-plan/) - Improvement of the turf and trees, which are crucial design components of the Mall’s overall unity, should be part of a comprehensive physical master plan for the National Mall as a unified whole. 
- [Coalition Submits Questions to NCPC About Temporary Office Unit in East Potomac Park](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/11/coalition-questions-ncpc-about-temporary-office-unit-east-potomac-park/) - We would like to submit for the Commission’s consideration the following questions regarding the National Park Service’s planned Temporary Office Unit in East Potomac Park, which you will be reviewing during the November 4, 2010 NCPC public meeting.
- [Coalition comments on NPS "temporary" building in East Potomac Park](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/08/coalition-comments-on-nps-temporary-building-in-east-potomac-park/) - Attached to this letter are detailed written remarks and suggestions by the National Coalition to Save Our Mall responding to the NPS call for public comment on the proposed temporary office facility in East Potomac Park.
- [H.R. 6364: Coalition Testifies before Congress on Proposed WWI Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2012/09/h-r-6364-coalition-testifies-congress-wwi-memorial/) - Judy Scott Feldman testimony before Congress on H.R. 6364, "Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act"
- [Testimony: National Capital Planning Commission regarding the National Park Service National Mall Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/12/testimony-national-capital-planning-commission-regarding-the-national-park-service-national-mall-plan/) - Judy Scott Feldman, founder and chair of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall testifies on the completion of the National Park Service's National Mall Plan.
- [Comments: Revised Eisenhower Memorial Design before the Commission of Fine Arts by the Coalition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2014/02/comments-revised-eisenhower-memorial-design-before-commission-fine-arts-coalition/) - Since 2006 when site selection began, the Coalition has supported creation of the Eisenhower Memorial. We hoped that choice of this location would be an opportunity to realize Maryland Avenue as the 160-foot-wide avenue called for in Washington’s historic L’Enfant and McMillan plans.
- [March for Our Lives, New Monument Proposal, Ban on Recreation, Visionary Architect Moore, Called to the Mall stories, W. Kent Cooper and Cherry Blossom Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/05/newsletter-march-lives-monument-proposal-ban-recreation-visionary-architect-moore-called-mall-stories-w-kent-cooper/) - Take our Cherry Blossom quiz, read thoughtful essays by DC schoolchildren about what the Mall means to them, learn about troubling new restrictions on recreational uses of the Mall, and more, in this National Mall Coalition newsletter update.
- ['March for Our Lives' Takes Center Stage on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/03/march-for-our-lives-takes-center-stage-national-mall/) - The National Mall once again served as “the stage of our democracy” on March 24, 2018 when some 800,000 people descended on it for the "March for Our Lives."
- [National Mall Exhibit at Reagan National Airport](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/01/new-national-mall-exhibit-at-reagan-national-airport-washington/) - The National Mall Coalition announced today that an exhibit on the current and future status of the National Mall, one of the country’s iconic landscapes, is up for viewing by visitors to Washington and those from the metro area returning home.
- [Watch: A History of the Washington Monument Grounds (video)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2018/04/watch-history-washington-monument-grounds-video/) - Why were the Washington Monument grounds never completed? Where did the idea for the Monument come from? Take a tour through the past with this brief history.
- [Virtual Tour of National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/virtual-tour-of-national-mall-underground/) - Watch the National Mall Underground proposal in action:
- [The National Mall Needs Your Help More Than Ever](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/12/the-national-mall-needs-your-help-more-than-ever/) - I have important news to tell you about the National Mall… …and how the National Mall Coalition is helping advance the legacy of this iconic space through public policy and innovative ideas... starting with the latest update of our popular Mall Map and Historical Guide. Now in its 6th updated edition, thousands of maps have
- [DC's Shining Stars at the Lincoln Memorial: "And I say to myself it's a wonderful world"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/10/and-i-say-to-myself-its-a-wonderful-world/) - Students from Shining Stars Montessori Academy stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to read their essays about the National Mall from their new book.
- [Post: The McMillan Plan stands in the way of a better Mall for Washington](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/04/post-mcmillan-plan/) - It was about as close to a flash of genuine hostility as you'll ever see at the National Capital Planning Commission, the oversight group that must sign off on major architectural and design changes in and around the District.
- [National Museum of the American Latino site selection](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/american-latino-museum-site/) - As promised in our last UPDATE, here is a quick update on the National Museum of the American Latino site selection presentation before the National Capital Planning Commission last Thursday. 
- [New Construction on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/07/mall-sprawl-examiner/) - Today's Examiner features two stories -- Mall Sprawl and Norton: Nothing More on the Mall -- about the problem of continuing proposals for new construction on the National Mall.
- [Smithsonian Board of Regents public meeting coverage by New York Times](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/nyt-smithsonian-regents-meeting/) - The end of the Times piece mentions the question I asked about the Smithsonian potentially dedicating a portion of the now-mothballed Arts & Industries Building for a National Mall (and Washington region) Visitors Center.
- ['The Future of the National Mall' hearing coverage](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/05/future-mall-hearing-post/) - The Mall is a national "disgrace," an overused, neglected and decrepit urban park in need of a total makeover that could cost $500 million, according to testimony at a congressional hearing yesterday.
- [Please Consider a Tax Deductible Donation](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/12/please-consider-a-tax-deductible-donation/) - Please help us continue to educate, advocate, and foster innovative solutions to ensure the vitality of the National Mall as a living symbol of our nation’s evolving story. I have important news to tell you about the National Mall… …and how the National Mall Coalition is helping advance the legacy of this iconic space through
- [National Park Service to Present Mall Plan to the Commission of Fine Arts](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/02/nps-mall-plan-lack/) - Large lack of public consultation in planning process.
- [Free Tours on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/05/free-mall-tours/) - Two free tours to be given by WalkingTown DC program with Cultural Tourism DC.
- [Funding Repairs for the National Mall Approved](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/04/post-mall-repairs/) - Monumental Repair Work Funded for $76.8 Million
- [Photo Gallery: Sports on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/11/photo-gallery-sports-on-the-national-mall/) - True to its original intended purpose, the Mall over the years has been a popular place for all kinds of sports and recreation -- swimming, tennis, kickball, soccer, ice skating, even yoga.
- [Update on Proposed Museums and Memorials for the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/04/update-proposed-memorials/) - Several proposed museums and memorials are gaining traction.
- [D.C's National Mall in Disrepair](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/03/npr-mall-disrepair/) - Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman featured on NPR segment.
- [Why do we need innovative ideas such as the National Mall Underground?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/innovative-ideas/) - The National Mall faces serious challenges that require comprehensive solutions: improving resilience; connecting the Mall to the surrounding community; creating new space for museums and modern mega-events; flood control; visitor amenities; a landscape restoration plan.
- [DC’s Shining Stars Montessori Academy Introduces National Mall Book at Lincoln Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/09/dcs-shining-stars-montessori-academy-introduces-national-mall-book-at-lincoln-memorial/) - On Sept. 25th, Shining Stars Montessori Academy Public Charter School of Washington D.C. will introduce an anthology about the National Mall with a student performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
- [National Park Service's Latest Proposals in its Mall Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/03/post-examiner-reflecting-pool/) - Washington Post and the Washington Examiner report on latest Mall proposals.
- [Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture: Beauty vs. Barricades](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/04/easter-memorial-egg-roll/) - Lecture to be held at National Building Museum
- [Unveiling of Concept Designs for the African American Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/03/african-museum-wp-designs/) - The Washington Post unveils 6 concept designs for the African American Museum
- [National Park Service Announces Re-start of the Public consultation Process for its National Mall Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/03/nps-national-mall-plan/) - Read the entire announcement and proposed changes.
- [High Hopes for Cherry Blossom Festival](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/03/cherry-blossom-festival-wp/) - The Cherry Blossom Festival hopes to attract a high attendance.
- [National Mall Exhibition at The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design, Richmond, VA](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/06/national-mall-exhibition-branch-museum-of-architecture-and-design-richmond-va/) - A new exhibition at The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design in Richmond, VA tells the story of the visionary design and planning of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
- [Eisenhower Memorial to be presented to the National Capital Planning Commission](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/ncpc-eisenhower/) - Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial and Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial are the latest memorial projects in the news.
- [Announcements from the Smithsonian Institute](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/smithsonian-regents/) - Smithsonian Institute announces reopening of museum and first public meeting for Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents.
- [Reminder of Panel on 'The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monument Core'](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/12/capitol-visitors-center/) - Coalition President, Judy Scott Feldman, will be participating in the panel at the National Building Museum.
- [Permits for the Events on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/08/mall-permit/) - How to get a permit on the Mall for a recreation or special event.
- [Photo Gallery: History of National World War II Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/08/photo-gallery-history-of-national-world-war-ii-memorial/) - A collection of photographs highlighting the building, dedication and appreciation of the National World War II Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The National World War II Memorial under construction between September 2001 and April 2004. Photo credit: Rick Latoff / American Battle Monuments Commission from the National World War II Memorial
- [Walking Tour at the Jefferson Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/09/jefferson-walking-tour/) - Join the Coalition for a 2-hour walking tour, "The National Mall: What the Memorials Don't Tell You."
- [2008 Coalition Update](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/10/fundraising-2008/) - Read an overview of this year's accomplishments made by the Coalition.
- [Slideshow: Celebrating 50 years of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/04/slideshow-50-years-smithsonian-folklife-festival/) - A pictorial history of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall that celebrates 50 years of Folklife in 2017.
- [Washington Post Article features role of the Lincoln Memorial and National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/obama-post-mall-lincoln/) - The Washington Post, "Washington Post Article features role of the Lincoln Memorial and National Mall."
- [Panel Discussion: The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monumental Core](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/rethinking-mall-discussion/) - National Mall Coalition President, Judy Scott Feldman, to participate in Panel at the National Building Museum.
- ["Three Projects on or Near the Mall Could Reshape More Than the Vistas"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/06/projects-reshape-vistas/) - Washington Post article evaluates the effect of three new projects on or near the Mall
- [Coalition Fundraising Goals](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/10/summit-fund-challenge/) - Help the Coalition beat their fundraising goal from last year.
- [Designing the Nation's Capital: the 1901 Plan for Washington, DC](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/09/grand-avenues-mcmillan/) - Increased attention on past and future planning for the city of Washington and the National Mall.
- [The Washington Post's "Jefferson Memorial's Signs of Sinking Raise Fresh Alarms Officials Studying Safety, Repairs](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/06/jefferson-memorial-sinking/) - Post article reports a serious problem at the Jefferson Memorial.
- [Public Meeting for National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/10/ncmac-meeting/) - Review the full agenda for the planned meeting.
- [Citizen's Guide to Recreation and Sports on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/08/sports-map-citizens/) - The first-ever sports brochure for the National Mall.
- [The Washington Times, "Locals Push to Expand the Mall"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/10/expand-mall-twt/) - Growing support to expand the Mall and benefit the community.
- [On the National Mall: The Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival Turns 50!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/05/national-mall-the-smithsonians-folk-life-festival-turns-50/) - Toward the end of June for two week the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival returns to the National Mall. This year’s events mark a milestone: the Festival’s 50th anniversary.
- [New Objections Over Site, Design of WWII Memorial (Chicago Tribune)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/new-objections-over-site-design-of-wwii-memorial-chicago-tribune/) - As the nation prepared to observe Tuesday's 56th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, a civic watchdog group urged Congress on Monday to block construction of the long-awaited World War II Memorial on Washington's Mall.
- [Veteran Group is Waging Battle to Block World War II Memorial (Wall Street Journal)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/06/veteran-group-is-waging-battle-to-block-world-war-ii-memorial/) - A veterans group is launching a television campaign to protest the construction of a World War II memorial on the National Mall, concerned that it would destroy a priceless open space in the nation's capital.
- [Some Vets Opposing WII Memorial (The Atlanta Constitution)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/06/some-vets-opposing-wii-memorial-the-atlanta-constitution/) - A group of World War II veterans said Monday they oppose building a memorial between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, saying it will "destroy" the National Mall.
- [Battle Surfaces Over War Memorial (The Associated Press)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/06/battle-surfaces-over-war-memorial/) - As World War II recedes into history, a battle is shaping up over where to put a memorial to the men and women who fought or supported the war effort at home.
- [Varied Visions of Embattled War Memorial (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/varied-visions-of-embattled-war-memorial/) - In the battle royal over where to put the World War II Memorial, I was trying to decide which side I was on: Pierre L'Enfant and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.'s, or Tom Hanks and Bob Dole's. Tough choice.
- [Design for World War II Memorial awaits review, with detractors vocal (The New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/design-for-world-war-ii-memorial-awaits-review-with-detractors-vocal/) - Fifty-five years after the last gun fell silent, a national monument to those who fought in World War II is approaching a decisive point.
- [New Assault on WWII Memorial (USA Today)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/new-assault-on-wwii-memorial/) - A new battle has erupted over the proposed World War II memorial, which critics say would infringe on views of other major monuments on the National Mall.
- [Opponents Find a Hitch in WWII Memorial Plans (The Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/opponents-find-a-hitch-in-wwii-memorial-plans/) - The controversial plan to build a World War II memorial on the National Mall in Washington took an unexpected turn Monday, as opponents of the project revealed previously unreleased National Park Service studies showing that the proposed site is part of the historic grounds of the Lincoln Memorial.
- [World War II Memorial Clears Key Hurdle (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/world-war-ii-memorial-clears-key-hurdle/) - The Fine Arts Commission yesterday unanimously approved a controversial design for the proposed World War II memorial on the Mall.
- [Design Panel Approves WWII Memorial for National Mall Site (The Boston Globe)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/design-panel-approves-wwii-memorial-for-national-mall-site/) - The final design for a national World War II memorial was unanimously approved yesterday by the federal Commission of Fine Arts, despite outcries against the proposed site on the National Mall.
- [Controversial WWII Memorial Clears Hurdle (The Chicago Tribune)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/controversial-wwii-memorial-clears-hurdle/) - The controversial $100 million World War II Memorial planned for the National Mall won a key vote Thursday despite objections that it is an illegal intrusion on grounds set aside for the Lincoln Memorial.
- [WWII Memorial: All Things Considered (NPR)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/wwii-memorial-all-things-considered-npr/) - For five years the conflict of words and blueprints has reigned over the proposed World War II memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Today the Commission on Fine Arts held final hearings on the design of the monument.
- [WWII Memorial: Sound the Retreat (The Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/wwii-memorial-sound-retreat/) - Architecture Review: Proposed structure is insensitive and would celebrate the authoritarianism that U.S. troops died opposing.
- [DC Follies (The Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/dc-follies-the-los-angeles-times/) - Commentary: The 'finished' design for the proposed WWII memorial is up for approval, without an artist for its dominant sculpture -- more evidence of a process gone awry
- [Anatomy of an eyesore: Monumental Error (The New Republic)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/anatomy-eyesore-monumental-error/) - Never has the phrase "Everyone's a critic" been truer. It's hard to find anyone without a damning word about the proposed National World War II Memorial.
- [2 Pave Helipads Proposed for Mall (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/11/2-pave-helipads-proposed-for-mall/) - The National Park Service wants to pave part of the Mall to create two helicopter pads and a walkway connecting them.
- [Groundbreaking, of Sorts, for a Contested War Memorial (The New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/11/groundbreaking-sorts-for-contested-war-memorial/) - Fifty-five years after the end of the war, and 13 years after Congress first took up the idea of a monument to it, President Clinton and other dignitaries broke ground here today for the National World War II Memorial on the Mall.
- [The Brawl on the Mall (Preservation)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/01/brawl-mall/) - Former senator Bob Dole has been trying to get a World War II Memorial built almost since failing to become leader of the free world in 1996.
- [The Passing of Senator Craig Thomas](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/06/craig-thomas/) - Senator Thomas was instrumental in giving the Coalition a seat at the table in the oversight hearing on the Future of the National Mall.
- [The Washington Post, "Memorial Center Design Clears Hurdle"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/10/vietnam-memorial-center/) - The Washington Post reports on conditional approval by the Commission of Fine Arts for the design concept of the Vietnam Memorial Visitor Center.
- [Our Monuments, Our Selves: What we built then, what we build now (The Weekly Standard )](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/03/our-monuments-our-selves-what-we-built-then-what-we-build-now/) - Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is an Atlanta architect wants to erect in Washington, D.C.-on the traffic circle where Pennsylvania Avenue meets the Anacostia River-a privately funded triumphal arch celebrating the new millennium.
- [Plans for WWII Memorial on Hold (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/03/plans-for-wwii-memorial-on-hold/) - Plans to begin construction of the World War II Memorial were put on hold yesterday amid questions about the legality of a series of votes taken by the National Capital Planning Commission that approved the project's design.
- [Delay of WW II Memorial Sought (The Chicago Tribune)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/03/delay-of-ww-ii-memorial-sought/) - The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal court to halt the capital's controversial World War II Memorial project until legal questions over its approval process and other issues can be resolved.
- [Agency to review votes on memorial (The Washington Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/03/agency-to-review-votes-on-memorial/) - A federal agency next week will hold a closed meeting to determine the validity of a series of its votes last year to approve construction of the World War II Memorial on the Mall.
- [Panel Votes to Review Plan for World War II Memorial (The New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/panel-review-wwii-memorial/) - The plan to build a World War II Memorial on the Mall was sent back to the drawing board today after a powerful government planning group voted to reconsider both the location and the design of the $100 million-plus project.
- [World War II Memorial Site, Design to Be Reconsidered (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/world-war-ii-memorial-site-design-to-be-reconsidered/) - The National Capital Planning Commission voted unanimously yesterday to reconsider the site and design of the proposed World War II Memorial on the Mall.
- [House Vote Backs WWII Memorial As Planned (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/house-vote-backs-wwii-memorial-as-planned/) - The House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow construction of the World War II Memorial on the Mall to proceed without further review.
- [Memorial Gets Boost from House (The Washington Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/memorial-gets-boost-from-house/) - The House yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would jump-start construction of the World War II Memorial on the Mall.
- [Bush Backs War Memorial (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/bush-backs-war-memorial-the-washington-post/) - President Bush issued a statement commending the House for its action, saying it had taken an important step toward thanking those who served and died in that war.
- [WWII Memorial Gets Key Support (The Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/wwii-memorail-gets-key-support/) - The Senate endorsed a controversial plan Monday to build a World War II memorial on the National Mall, apparently ending a fierce and emotional battle over how to honor the millions who helped America prevail in the epic 1940s war effort.
- [Senate OKs WWII Memorial: Measure would exempt project from legal action (Chicago Tribune)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/senate-oks-wwii-memorial-measure-would-exempt-project-from-legal-action-chicago-tribune/) - The Senate on Monday unanimously approved a measure that would allow the immediate construction of the controversial World War II Memorial for the capital's National Mall by exempting it from any legal action or administrative review that might prohibit it.
- [World War II Memorial Approved for Mall Site (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/world-war-ii-memorial-approved-for-mall-site/) - Congress gave final approval for a national World War II Memorial in the heart of the Mall yesterday.
- [Trust for the National Mall to Help Raise Funds to Beautify the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/11/trust-funds-mall-usa-today/) - National Mall Coalition quoted in USA Today regarding the effort.
- [How to Obtain Recreational and Special Event Permits on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/08/mall-special-events-permit/) - Various resources on how to obtain a permit on the National Mall
- [Walking Tours on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/06/walking-tours-mall/) - Smithsonian Resident Associates Program is offering three walking tours of the National Mall led by Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman.
- [Update on the State of the Coalition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/10/state-coalition-2008/) - A review of what the Coalition has accomplished this past year and what it plans to do in the coming year.
- [Proposed Alternatives to Draining the Capitol Reflecting Pool](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/08/alternatives-draining-capitol-reflecting-pool/) - What else can be done to solve the problem of ducks dying at the Capitol Reflecting Pool due to avian botulism.
- [The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monumental Core](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/panel-washington-monumental-core/) - Panel to be held at the National Building Museum.
- [Park Service may drain Capitol Reflecting Pool](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/07/park-service-drain-reflecting-pool/) - NPS faced with outbreak in avian botulism on National Mall.
- [Blogs Comment on National Ideas Competition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/blogs-comment-national-ideas-competition/) - Greater Greater Washington and DCmud blog on National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds project.
- [March for Science Attendees: Welcome to the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/03/march-for-science-attendees-welcome-to-the-national-mall/) - The Mall on which you’re gathering for the April 22nd, March for Science and the museums that line it, have a proud history of association with science and its vital roles in American life. View a map and historical guide here.
- [Slideshow: America’s 3rd Century National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/11/slideshow-americas-3rd-century-national-mall/) - Learn about the National Mall Coalition's 3rd Century Mall plan that proposes Congress implement innovative projects to update and upgrade the historical Mall with its 19th century landscape to support the Mall’s modern role as Stage For American Democracy.
- [Site Recommendations for the Latino American Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/06/site-latino-american-museum/) - Commission to present site recommendations at NCPC's next public session.
- [Proliferation of Security on the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/02/ncpc-mall-security-post/) - The Washington Post reports on the increased scrutiny of security on the National Mall
- [Blogs on Latino Museum Site Selection](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/museums-mall-latinos/) - DCmud and GreaterGreaterWashington comment on the Latino Museum site selection.
- [CBS News Sunday Morning Highlights Mall's Decrepit State](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/07/cbs-news-mall-state/) - Coalition gives comment on need for long-range vision for the Mall.
- [WWII tribute set in stone, maybe (USA Today)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/wwii-tribute-set-in-stone-maybe-usa-today/) - But now, with Congress stepping in a week before Memorial Day, construction of a World War II Memorial on the National Mall could begin this summer.
- [A historic vista now will make room for World War II memorial (Boston Globe)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/a-historic-vista-now-will-make-room-for-world-war-ii-memorial/) - Change is coming to that historic sweep of the National Mall. It will be altered by the dream of thousands of World War II veterans. Soon, there will be a memorial to their effort at the heart of it.
- [Critics of World War II Memorial go back to court (Associated Press)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/critics-of-world-war-ii-memorial-go-back-to-court-associated-press/) - Opponents of a planned World War II Memorial on the National Mall asked a federal judge on Monday to prevent planners from signing construction contracts until the court hears a lawsuit to stop the project.
- [World War II Memorial Protesters Sue to Halt Construction at Contested Site (Stars and Stripes)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/world-war-ii-memorial-protesters-sue-to-halt-construction-contested-site/) - The National Coalition to Save Our Mall (NCSM), World War II Veterans to Save the Mall, the D.C. Preservation League and others filed suit in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia today for a temporary restraining order to stop the American Battle Monuments Commission from authorizing construction of the World War II Memorial.
- [New War Memorial Is Shrine to Sentiment (The New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/new-war-memorial-shrine-sentiment/) - Friedrich St. Florian's design for the National World War II Memorial diminishes the substance of its architectural context. The design does not dare to know. It is, instead, a shrine to the idea of not knowing or, more precisely, of forgetting.
- [A Review of Access and Circulation on the National Mall in Washington, DC](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/06/jonathan-gifford-mall/) - Last fall, we spoke with Professor Jonathan Gifford, who directs the Transportation Policy program and teaches graduate courses in transportation planning at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, about a study of access and circulation issues around the Mall.
- [Skirmish Lost, but Battle Over World War II Memorial Rages on (Stars and Stripes)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/skirmish-lost-battle-over-world-war-ii-memorial-rages-on-stars-stripes/) - Opponents of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall marked the 57th anniversary of the Allied storming of Fortress Europe by assaulting a Washington, D.C., courthouse in an attempt to halt construction of the memorial in "just in the wrong place."
- [Memorial Builder Has Parent Link to Nazi Era (New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/memorial-builder-parent-link-nazi-era-new-york-times/) - One of the two American companies selected last week to build a World War II memorial on the Mall is owned by a German construction company that used concentration camp labor during World War II.
- [Architect Designs WWII Memorial (Associated Press)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/architect-designs-wwii-memorial-associated/) - Friedrich St. Florian is a product of the same country that bred Adolf Hitler. So it makes him feel especially proud to memorialize his former countryman's defeat.
- [Memorial Builder's Owner Defrauded U.S. (The Washington Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/memorial-builders-owner-defrauded/) - Philipp Holzmann AG, a German conglomerate that owns one of the companies awarded part of a $56 million contract to construct the World War II Memorial, pleaded guilty last year to defrauding the American government as part of an international bid-rigging conspiracy.
- [Judges to Consider Halting Work on WWII Memorial (Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/08/judges-consider-halting-work-on-wwii-memorial-post/) - The World War II Memorial faces yet another hurdle. The D.C. Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday told groups that oppose building the memorial on the Mall that a three-judge panel next week will consider their request to halt construction.
- [President's Day Tribute](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/02/presidents-day-lincoln-memorial/) - Brush up on your historical knowledge and understanding
- [Washington Post Reports on FEMA Flood Maps for DC and the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/01/post-fema-flood-maps/) - Post Staff Writer Michael E. Ruane discusses FEMA's controversial proposal to expand flood zones in DC
- [Trust for the National Mall to Raise Funds to 'Beautify' the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2007/11/trust-mall-funds-beautify/) - Coalition supports private effort to help clean up the National Mall.
- [Judith Dupre "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/02/judith-dupree-lecture/) - Author and architectural historian Judith Dupré to hold lecture at the National Building Museum.
- [NCPC Approves Preliminary Plan for Tunnel to Monument](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/05/ncpc-tunnel-plan/) - Despite strong efforts by the Coalition and other citizens groups, NCPC gives ok to Park Service's plan.
- [National Park Service Director's Order Promoting Civic Engagement and Public Involvement](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/09/fran-mainella-civic/) - NPS stresses the importance and priority of two-way communication.
- [Post letter: Looking Out for the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2005/12/post-letter-ncpc/) - Correction issued regarding letter from the Chairmen of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission regarding the Mall and the Coalition's December 7th presentation at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
- [Ballparks, Eminent Domain, and the Need for a District Planning Commission](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/01/ballparks-eminent-domain/) - Committee of 100 on the Federal City advances a proposal to create a DC Planning Commission.
- [Smithsonian Picks Notable Spot for Its Museum of Black History](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/01/black-history-museum-spot/) - Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents chooses a site on the Mall for new National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
- [Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Deadline Enforcement Act](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/03/vv-memorial-center-deadline/) - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Deadline Enforcement Act illustrates once again the threats to the National Mall resulting from uncoordinated Congressional oversight.
- [National Mall Serves Once Again as National Stage](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/04/immigration-protests/) - National coverage show demonstrators waving banners and flags amidst the Mall's monuments, museums, and public buildings.
- [Post: National Trust Calls Arts & Industries An Endangered Site](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/05/post-trust-arts-endangered/) - The National Trust for Historic Preservation names the Arts & Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution to its list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Places."
- [Vietnam Wall Visitor Center Approved](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/08/vv-memorial-center-approved/) - Washington Post reports on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center approved by the National Capital Planning Commission.
- [WalkingTown, DC](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/04/walkingtown-dc/) - WalkingTown, DC Spring Edition: a weekend of free neighborhood walking tours across the city.
- [The Future of the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/05/future-mall-subcommittee/) - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an oversight hearing on The Future of the National Mall.
- [The Washington Post: "Appalled by the Mall"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/05/post-appalled/) - The historic ground is a victim of both popularity and official neglect. What to do?
- ["Restoring the Mall From 'Disgrace' to Showcase"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/03/restore-mall-disgrace-post/) - Washington Post Columnist Marc Fisher discusses the need to address the current condition of the National Mall.
- [National Park Service Extends the Public Comment Period for its National Mall Management Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/01/extend-mall-plan-comment/) - The Battle To Remold the Mall: Preservation Proposals Spark Debate Over Protest Rights
- [Another Setback for Foes of Memorial Site (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/11/another-setback-for-foes-of-memorial-site-washington-post/) - A federal appeals court refused yesterday to revive a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of the World War II memorial on the Mall ...
- [The Battle of the Mall (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/battle-of-the-mall-washington-post/) - William Jefferson Clinton managed to weasel his way out of military service in Vietnam, but that did not prevent him from sending American armed forces on foreign adventures in Somalia, Bosnia and the Middle East.
- [Ambush on the Mall (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/ambush-on-the-mall-the-washington-post/) - What is remarkable about public architecture in Washington is not that so much of it is so bad but that any of it is any good.
- [A Memorial, Yes, But What About Its Message (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/memorial-yes-but-what-about-its-message-the-washington-post/) - Let's not kid ourselves: No matter how inappropriate the site, no matter how uninspired the design, the World War II memorial proposed for the centerline of the Mall is going to be built.
- [Planned Memorial Would Damage Prime Piece of Real Estate (Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/1999/07/planned-memorial-would-damage-prime-piece-of-real-estate/) - J. Carter Brown did much to distinguish himself during his 22-year tenure as director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, which ended in 1992. Now, he is about to throw all that away.
- [The WWII Memorial: Inadequate and Out of Place (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/wwii-memorial-inadequate-and-out-of-place-washington-post/) - Some causes are hopeless and yet still worth pursuing to the bitter end. And the bitter end comes soon for those who have for years opposed the ill-conceived World War II memorial.
- [USA's 'front yard' is veteran's latest battleground (USA Today)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/10/usas-front-yard-is-veterans-latest-battleground/) - As a skinny and scared 23-year-old draftee off a Missouri farm, John Graves found himself fighting in some of the most pitched European battles of World War II.
- [Inheritance Endangered (Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/08/inheritance-endangered-los-angeles-times/) - A big, bold and bad plan to erect a World War II monument on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial, disturbing that U.S. landmark, sends a signal that our historical preservation laws can be cracked.
- [Slideshow: 'National Mall: Stage For Democracy' Exhibit at Reagan National Airport](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/02/slideshow-national-mall-stage-for-democracy-exhibit-reagan-national-airport/) - This slideshow provides a virtual tour of the exhibit, "The National Mall: Stage For Democracy," which is on display at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from January 10th to February 28th, 2017.
- [Inauguration and Marches Highlight Need to Plan for National Mall's Future](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/01/inauguration-marches-highlight-need-plan-national-malls-future/) - Inaugurations and marches underscores a central tension that lies at the heart of the National Mall Coalition’s mission: to ensure the Mall remains attractive, resilient AND accessible for generations to come.
- [Presidential inaugurations and the state of the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2017/01/presidential-inaugurations-state-of-the-national-mall/) - On Jan. 20, Americans focused their attention on Washington, D.C., as the presidential inauguration ceremony took place on the National Mall, a place that urban scholars, geographers and historians refer to as a “stage for democracy.”
- [Legislation to Mandate a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/05/vietnam-memorial-center-review/) - Alarming legislation passed in the House that would mandate a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center on the National Mall and exempt it from all laws, including a fair, mandatory public review process.
- [National Capital Planning Commission Announces Initiative to Beautify the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2006/05/norton-expand-mall/) - NCPC announces a planning initiative to improve federal land in areas around the Mall.
- [Letter to the Washington Times, "A growing, lively Mall"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2005/12/twt-lively-mall/) - The Coalition responds to an article in the Sports Section of the Washington Times.
- [Desecrating a Landmark to Build a Memorial (San Francisco Chronicle)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/10/desecrating-a-landmark-to-build-a-memorial/) - On Sept. 21, the National Capital Planning Commission voted 7 to 5 to build a $100 million World War II memorial in our nation's capital.
- [Save the Mall (The Nation)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/11/save-the-mall-the-nation/) - On Veterans Day, November 11, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will appear on the Mall at a spot between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to break ground for the long-delayed World War II Memorial.
- [A Scourge of War Not Worthy of This Battlefield (The Washington Post)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/11/a-scourge-of-war-not-worthy-of-this-battlefield/) - Over the weekend, wrapping themselves in the bunting of Veterans Day, the perpetrators of the World War II Memorial erected a vast white canvas wall across the Mall, blocking passage between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial and eliminating the Rainbow Pool from view.
- [The Battle of the Mall is Not Over Yet (The San Diego Union - Tribune)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/01/the-battle-of-the-mall-is-not-over-yet-the-san-diego-union-tribune/) - We citizens of the USA aren't so lucky with our national capital, where an offensive jumble of stone symbols is about to be dumped on the country's front lawn, presumably forever, as a monument to World War II.
- [Mumbling Monuments (Commentary)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/02/mumbling-monuments-commentary/) - For the building of great and lasting monuments, wealth alone is insufficient; nor is it even necessary. Even the wealthiest societies, if they are missing the intangible quality of cultural confidence, will not build symbols for the distant future
- [Public Forum: The Next 100 Years An Initiative for a Mall Conservancy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2004/01/next-100-years-mall/) - We are pleased to invite you, and all others who wish to play a part in the planning future for the National Mall, to our open public forum on January 28th. We hope to see you there.
- [Washington Post Publishes Articles on the NFL Extravaganza Controversy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/09/post-nfl-bash/) - The Washington Post published three articles on various aspects of the NFL extravaganza controversy. The Washington Times also published one in the Sports Section.
- [July 4th Commentaries on Fewer Freedoms on the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/07/july-4th-mall-freedoms/) - There is both an article and a column to note in today's Washington Post on National Mall security.
- [Update of Washington Monument/WWII Memorial/MLK Plaque](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/09/wwii-mlk-monument/) - We have been told that on the morning of September 18th, prior to the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) meeting at 10 a.m., there will be an on-site mock-up of a portion of the WWII Memorial, now under construction.
- [Planning Commission Approves Monument Security](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/01/planning-monument-mlk/) - The federal review agencies have approved a memorial inscription to mark the spot on the Lincoln Memorial steps where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
- [Hearing Scheduled for Washington Monument Security Improvements](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/09/ncpc-monument-security/) - Please send letters, attend, or sign up to testify in defense of the Washington Monument and against obtrusive security plans that could destabilize the monument's foundation.
- [Letters to the Washington Post- The Mall: A Place for the People](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/10/post-mall-letters/) - We are very pleased to report that the following two letters to the editor were published in today's Washington Post . They both appear under the heading: The Mall: A Place for the People
- [NPS Environmental Documents for Security at Lincoln and Jefferson are Inadequate](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/09/security-lincoln-jefferson/) - It was difficult pulling together our comments on the Park Service's Environmental Assessments (EA's) for Security Improvements at the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials during Thanksgiving, but we did it.
- [The Washington Time's Article "History is no Accident" Misrepresents Coalition's Position](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/08/twt-simmons-museum/) - The Washington Times misrepresents Coalition in article, publishes a full letter of correction.
- [National Park Service's Proposed Security Improvement Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/06/nps-proposed-plan-security/) - House Appropriations Committee to hear proposed $40 million security improvement proposal.
- [Hearings for 2004 Budget for the National Park Service](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/03/2204-budget-nps/) - House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee to hold hearing to determine NPS budget.
- [National Park Service Proposes New Security Plans for Major Monuments](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/11/nps-security-monuments/) - Proposed plans by NPS leave door wide open for scrutiny.
- [A Place for the People](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/07/post-enfant-ncpc/) - Washington Post "Weekend" section features fascinating front-page article on Pierre L'Enfant's 1791 Plan for Washington and the National Mall
- [State of the Mall Event](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/10/state-mall-feldman/) - Large turnout for State of the Mall Event at the Washington Monument.
- [Important Coalition Updates: J. Carter Brown, National Park Service & Washington's 'ugly new look'](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/07/brown-security/) - J. Carter Brown, until weeks ago the Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, died on June 17th at the age of 67. The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has removed the Washington Monument review of plans from its July 11 agenda.
- [NCPC Cancels Meeting to Review the National Park Service's Washington Monument Project](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/08/cancelled-ncpc/) - Relief as NCPC reacts to Park Service's Washington Monument Plan.
- [Post Reports on the Political Maneuvering Behind Visitor Center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/10/post-scruggs-memorial-center/) - Wall Founder's Tough Tactics Give Educational Center Extra Momentum
- [Post: Moore Writes 'Bridging the Difference On Memorials And the Mall'](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/11/post-moore-mall/) - Local architect Arthur Cotton Moore offers a novel approach to future memorializing on the Mall.
- [National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) Rejects Park Service Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/12/ncpc-rejects-bollards/) - Plans for security bollards (concrete posts) and the design for 2 new visitor facilities at the Lincoln Memorial rejected by NCPC.
- [The Coalition Needs your Support!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/10/2003-donation-support/) - Now, more than ever, we need your help. October is a big month for us. We need funds to announce our Second Annual State of the Mall Report and to distribute it far and wide.
- [National Mall Target of Another Memorial Proposal](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/03/mall-target-proposal/) - In addition, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, authorized by Public Law 107-106, is in the process of reviewing sites in Washington, D.C.
- [National Capital Planning Commission Responds to Feldman's "We Must Save America's Mall"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/10/gallagher-respond-coalition/) - NCPC's Patricia Gallagher rejects the Coalition's letter of September 28th calling for a Conservancy for the National Mall
- [Park Police Install Surveillance Cameras in the Washington Monument](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/11/post-park-police-watch-monument/) - Washington Post reacts to new surveillance cameras on the Washington Monument.
- [Coalition Chair Judy Feldman Featured in Washington Post Article "Preservation Law Puts Leash on Mall Projects"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/11/post-feldman-leash-mall/) - Today's Washington Post -- District of Columbia Thursday special section -- contains a front page story about recent changes to the Commemorative Works Act and a picture of Chair Judy Feldman.
- [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/10/good-bad-monument/) - Update on the NPS security plan for the Washington Monument
- [Post Letter: Zigzagging Across the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/10/zigzagging-mall/) - Letter to the editor regarding Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman's article in the Washington Post "We Must Save America's Mall".
- [National Park Service Abandons Plans for Underground Visitor Center and Tunnel at the Washington Monument](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/10/abandon-mall-visitor-center/) - NPS holds press conference to announce abandonment of underground enhancements.
- [Post & Feldman: We Must Save America's Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/09/save-america-mall/) - Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman featured in Washington Post's Outlook Section with "We Must Save America's Mall."
- [Review: 'Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition'](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/01/20030130-barber-marching/) - Please take a moment to read below Jonathan Yardley's review of Lucy Barber's new book, Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition (University of California Press, just released.)
- [Ideas and Trends: Turning Memory Into Travesty (The New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/03/ideas-and-trends-turning-memory-into-travesty/) - WHAT is the purpose of a modern memorial - of a monument to someone or something that is meant to last forever?
- [Excerpt from 'How to Overthrow the Government'](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/12/excerpt-from-how-to-overthrow-the-government/) - It's another indicator of how out of touch our political leaders are that Bob Dole launched a lavish fund-raising drive to raise $100 million in government and private funds for a World War II memorial at a time when we have at least 270,000 homeless veterans.
- [Commentary by George Will (This Week with Sam Donaldson)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/04/commentary-by-george-will/) - The World War Two Memorial, for example. There is a proposal to build this thing. Frankly, it would be an enormous monument and it might come to dominate the center of the mall.
- [Congress Needs to Fight Fair Over Memorial (The Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/congress-needs-to-fight-fair-over-memorial/) - The only thing uglier than Friedrich St. Florian's imperial kitsch design for Washington's World War II Memorial is the sleazy combination of back room dealing and strong arm manipulation that has conspired to bring the project to fruition.
- [A War Memorial to End All Memorials (Portland Oregonian)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/a-war-memorial-to-end-all-memorials-portland-oregonian/) - The Greatest Generation is about to get the Worst Memorial.
- [DC Flood Summit Challenges DC and Feds to Take Action](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/dc-flood-summit-challenges-dc-and-feds-to-take-action/) - The National Mall Coalition applauds the DC Silver Jackets on the success of its 2016 DC Flood Summit that brought together public and private parties to learn about Washington’s flooding history.
- [Monument for WWII should not be rushed (The Virginian-Pilot)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/monument-for-wwii-should-not-be-rushed-the-virginian-pilot/) - This Memorial Day finds controversy roiling around a World War II monument for the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
- [Monumental Mistake (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/monumental-mistake-arkansas-democrat-gazette/) - Tim Hutchinson, the senior senator from Arkansas, sounds like he's ready to climb on a bulldozer and start digging up much of the National Mall right now for that overdue memorial to the veterans of the Second World War.
- [World War II Memorial a Classic Example of Excess (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/world-war-ii-memorial-classic-example-excess/) - If the goal of art and architecture is to elicit strong reactions, then the World War II monument succeeds.
- [Bad idea, bad spot for WWII Memorial (Chicago Sun-Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/bad-idea-bad-spot-for-wwii-memorial-chicago-sun-times/) - I am looking at an artist's rendering for the World War II Memorial, which Congress and President Bush have decided with unseemly haste should deface the Mall.
- [A Touch of Albert Speer (Der Speigel)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/a-touch-of-albert-speer-der-speigel/) - The entirety of the Mall's axis seemed to be untouchable until the U.S. Congress decided unanimously two weeks ago to build precisely there a domineering monument to World War II.
- [World War II Memorial Media (Editorial by Buffalo News)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/buffalo-news/) - A memorial to those who fought and won World War II, preserving freedom and shaping the world we now live in, is long overdue.
- [Statement by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on ACHP WWII Memorial Report](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/norton-2/) - We have asked the press to come here this morning because an important development in the memorial all agree should be built to World War II veterans deserves more than passing notice.
- [The National Mall: Making Space for the African American History Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/11/the-national-mall-making-space-for-the-african-american-history-museum/) - As much as what we will learn and experience because of what is inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the mere presence of this museum on the Mall also makes a difference.
- [A Monument To Distorted Priorities](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/a-monument-to-distorted-priorities/) - No one ever went broke overestimating the ability of a politician to choose gesture over substance.
- [Critics of World War II Memorial go back to court (Boston Herald)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/critics-of-world-war-ii-memorial-go-back-to-court-boston-herald/) - Try to imagine Mitsubishi, whose Zeros took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, erecting a monument to Americans who died there.
- [Priority for DC: Gondolas, Ferries, or Flood Protection?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/11/priority-for-dc-gondolas-ferries-or-flood-protection/) - A November 6th Washington Post article floated the notion of new transit options - ferry service along the Potomac, a gondola crossing the River and rapid rail for the region.
- [Hold the Marble (Boston Globe)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/hold-the-marble-boston-globe/) - From D-Day to Independence Day, a fascinating interaction of film, popular history, academic history, nostalgia, and agenda activism has revived our past.Good, on balance.
- [Has the National Mall run out of space? ](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/11/has-national-mall-run-out-of-space/) - November’s Washingtonian magazine includes Benjamin Freed’s Capital Comment, “Full Attic?” about one of the National Mall’s major challenges: finding sites to accommodate the continuing flow of proposals for new buildings and other facilities.
- [National Mall in crisis: When will Congress listen?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/10/national-mall-in-crisis-when-will-congress-listen/) - Mike Magner’s eye-opening article in "Roll Call," The National Mall Faces Crises of Funding and Identity, should be required reading for every Member of Congress.
- [Slideshow: National Mall Coalition — Advancing the Legacy of the National Mall Through Public Policy and Innovative Ideas](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/10/slideshow-national-mall-coalition-advancing-the-legacy-of-the-national-mall-through-public-policy-and-innovative-ideas/) - Our goal is to develop comprehensive plans and policies to address the larger, long-range needs of all Americans, and treat the entire National Mall as a unified whole.
- [Comments: Monuments (Editorial by The Wall Street Journal)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/1999/09/comments-monuments-editorial-by-the-wall-street-journal/) - Officials in Washington have finally decided the National Mall is full.
- [Wrong Thing, Wrong Time (Editorial by The Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/wrong-thing-wrong-time-editorial-by-the-los-angeles-times/) - Thursday's meeting of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has been moved from a small conference room to an Interior Department auditorium, one measure of a growing tumult over the proposed World War II memorial.
- [WWII Memorial Misplaced (Editorial by USA Today)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/07/wwii-memorial-misplaced-editorial-by-usa-today/) - There's nothing wrong with the proposed National World War II Memorial that a change of location wouldn't fix.
- [Mauling the Mall (The Wall Street Journal)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/mauling-the-mall-the-wall-street-journal/) - If the infighting in Washington these days is any clue, the biggest battle of World War II will turn out to be the battle over the national memorial now planned to commemorate it.
- [Honor WII Vets, but Not on Mall (Editorial by The Atlanta Constitution)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/honor-wii-vets-but-not-on-mall-editorial-by-the-atlanta-constitution/) - Time is running out on the veterans of the Second World War; they are dying off at roughly the rate of a thousand a day.
- [Don't Mar the Mall (Editorial by The New York Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/dont-mar-the-mall-editorial-by-the-new-york-times/) - Before he leaves office, President Clinton hopes to break ground for a suitable memorial to the veterans of World War II, who are dwindling in number with each passing day.
- [New Site for War Memorial (Editorial by The Hartford Courant)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/10/new-site-for-war-memorial-editorial-by-the-hartford-courant/) - On Veterans Day, November 11, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will appear on the Mall at a spot between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to break ground for the long-delayed World War II Memorial.
- [Iconic obelisk presents a monumental security issue](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/11/iconic-obelisk-presents-a-monumental-security-issue/) - One of the biggest security threats to the Washington Monument may well be the proposed new underground entrance itself.
- [Photo Gallery: National Mall Festivals and Recreation](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/08/photo-gallery-national-mall-festivals-and-recreation/) - Images highlighting Festivals and Recreation in the National Mall including the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival, National Kite Festival and Fourth of July celebration.
- [Keeping Things Simple (Editorial, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/11/keeping-things-simple-editorial-st-louis-post-dispatch/) - The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a wonderful, inspirational place because of the simplicity of its design, the events it commemorates and the political protests that have coursed along it.
- [Let's Reconsider the Site in the Nation's Capital (Editorial, Fort Worth Star-Telegram)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/10/lets-reconsider-site-nations-capital-editorial-fort-worth-telegram/) - More delays loom over the vista of the National Mall, with a lawsuit filed Oct. 2 to block construction of a planned memorial between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
- [A Memorial to Bludgeon Tactics (Editorial, Los Angeles Times)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/04/a-memorial-to-bludgeon-tactics-editorial-los-angeles-times/) - How badly have federal agencies bungled planning for a World War II memorial?
- [Memorial Mistake (Editorial, Roll Call)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/memorial-mistake-editorial-roll-call/) - We enthusiastically, even reverently, support the construction of a World War II memorial on the National Mall ...
- [Memorial Wars (Editorial, USA Today)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/memorial-wars-editorial-usa-today/) - World War II could have been fought and won twice in the amount of time invested so far in building a national World War II memorial, and construction on the $160 million project hasn't even started yet.
- [John McLaughlin attacks Congress for "fascist behavior" ](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/john-mclaughlin-attacks-congress-for-fascist-behavior/) - John McLaughlin had this to say about the WWII Memorial May 25,2001, on his show, the McLaughlin Group
- [Monumental Mistake (Editorial by Boston Globe)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/05/monumental-mistake-editorial-by-boston-globe/) - IGNORING a pending court case, environmental concerns, historical sense of place, aesthetics, and some passionate veterans, Congress voted this week to put a World War II memorial on the National Mall.
- [Post culture critic on the Latino Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/post-culture-critic-on-the-latino-museum/) - In Sunday's Washington Post, culture critic Philip Kennicott reviewed the site selection options for the Latino Museum and called on the District of Columbia government and Latino Museum Commission to take a long view.
- [Post: Tightening rules on the Mall leave fests in peril](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2014/02/post-tightening-rules-on-the-mall-leave-fests-in-peril/) - Yesterday's Washington Post carried a story about the controversy over National Park Service restrictions on public use of the Mall.
- [Kojo Explores Tension Between Restoring the Grass and Public Activities on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/10/kojo-explores-tension-between-restoring-the-grass-and-public-activities-on-the-national-mall/) - The National Park Service’s turf grass specialist Michael Stachowicz was the guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU-FM radio) on October 4th.
- [EpicCentering the National Mall announces two student events celebrating the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/epiccentering-the-national-mall-announces-two-student-events/) - Dr. Carolivia Herron and EpicCentering the National Mall invites students to participate in " I Remember When the National Mall Was Made" and "The Fall of Phaeton: An African American Response to the painting by Peter Paul Rubens."
- [A memorial shouldn't distract from the ideas defended (Editorial by The Akron Beacon-Journal)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2001/06/a-memorial-shouldnt-distract-from-the-ideas-defended-editorial-by-the-akron-beacon-journal/) - The country seems to grow more fond of The Good War with each passing day. Or each passing book by Stephen Ambrose, the historian who has done more than almost anyone to consecrate the war in the American mind.
- [Slideshow: Students Present 'EpicCentering the National Mall' at Lincoln Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/slideshow-epiccentering-the-national-mall-lincoln-memorial-event/) - On Friday, September 23, 2016 students of DC’s Shining Stars Montessori Public Charter School presented essays and drawings as responses to people and places of the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
- [Turf War on the National Mall?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/turf-war-mall/) - Each year, more than 25 million Americans and tourists from abroad visit the Mall to take in its inspiring memorials, museums, and other attractions. And yet, there are troubling signs that public use and access are eroding, slowly and quietly.
- [Lisa Benton-Short on public space, Dr. Thomas King visits the Coalition, and the latest EpicCentering events](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/lisa-benton-short-on-public-space-dr-thomas-king-visits-nmc-and-the-latest-epiccentering-events/) - We hope you will take a few moments to learn about the latest news on Lisa Benton-Short, Dr. Thomas King and Judy Scott Feldman along with events this Friday associated with the opening of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- [Land near Washington Monument may be sinking more than expected, survey finds](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2012/03/land-near-washington-monument-may-be-sinking-more-than-expected-survey-finds/) - It is indeed good news to see the the US Geodetic Survey is in the process of measuring height at the Washington Monument to check for subsidence after last August's earthquake and that the National Park Service will do additional soil studies.
- [African American Museum concept reviewed](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/09/african-american-museum-concept-reviewed/) - Here below The Washington Post and The New York Times report on the September 2nd review by the National Capital Planning Commission of the latest revised design concept for the African American History Museum.
- [Cultural Anthropologist Tom King Meets with National Mall Coalition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/tom-king-meets-with-national-mall-coalition/) - Free-lance writer and historic preservation consultant Tom King stopped by the National Mall Coalition's board meeting this week and offered insight into his experiences with the U.S. National Historic Preservation Act.
- [Letter in Washington Post: Envisioning the Mall’s Third Century](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2016/09/post-letter-to-the-editor-envisioning-the-malls-third-century/) - In a letter published in The Washington Post and posted online, National Mall Coalition chair Judy Scott Feldman touches on the need for a long term plan for the National Mall.
- [Six Winning Ideas Chosen for Washington Monument Competition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2011/07/six-winning-ideas-chosen-for-washington-monument-competition/) - Six winners have been selected for the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds. Images of the refined idea concepts will be revealed in late September.
- [ACHP Finds Proposed WWII Memorial Incompatible With Historical Site](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2000/09/achp-wwii-memorial/) - After holding an unusual public hearing on the proposal to build a World War II memorial in the middle of the National Mall, the presidentially-appointed U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on September 5th made its recommendation to Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt.
- [National Park Service: Revised and New Security Plans for Mall Monuments](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2002/11/national-park-service-revised-and-new-security-plans-for-mall-monuments/) - Suddenly after a lull, the National Park Service has come to life with revised and new security plans for the major monuments on the National Mall. All of these proposals need serious scrutiny.
- [Post: Veterans Day and the World War II Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2003/11/20031113-2-veteran-wwii/) - This article about the World War II Memorial ran in yesterday's (November 12th) Washington Post. The online story includes a photograph of the partially completed Memorial.
- [Post: Role of Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2008/11/20081106-obama-memorial/) - The front page of today's Washington Post features the role of the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall at this momentous moment in American history.
- [L.A. Times Knight: "Repair the National Mall"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/01/20090119-repair-knight/) - In yesterday's (Sunday, January 18th) Los Angeles Times, art critic Christopher Knight called on the Obama Administration to "seize the change to begin the hard and expensive work of repairing the National Mall."
- [Washington Post Editorial: Ken Salazar's Nomination as Interior Secretary](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/02/20090223-salazar/) - This editorial in Sunday's Washington Post tells the welcome good news of the new Administration's strong support for protecting the National Mall
- [NCPC Mall Projects: Potomac Park Levee, Mall signs & Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/05/20090506-ncpc/) - Tomorrow, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) will be reviewing three Mall projects at its monthly public meeting: Potomac Park Levee Improvements, Pedestrian Wayfinding and Sign Program & Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center.
- [National Park Service: Mall Plan Submitted to Commission of Fine Arts](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/02/20100222-fine-arts/) - The National Park Service presented its Mall Plan last Thursday to the Commission of Fine Arts.
- [The Long Struggle to Get Cheap Transit on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/03/20100318-cheap-transit/) - For the latest in the long struggle to get low-cost circulation services on the National Mall, the Greater Greater Washington looks back to the NPS' Visitor Transportation Study of 2006 to see what has changed.
- [NCPC Meeting: Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool rehabilitation, Hirshhorn inflatable pavilion](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/03/20100329-lincoln/) - At the April 1st meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service will seek final approval for its Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool rehabilitation.
- [Design Concept Chosen for the Eisenhower Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/04/20100416-eisenhower/) - Dear Coalition Friends: Next week there will be two opportunities to see and comment on the design concept recently chosen for the Eisenhower memorial. On April 21st, at 1 p.m. in the offices of the Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission will review the project. The public is invited to testify.
- [David Alpert on Monumentalism](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/04/20100420-alpert/) - What is our modern vision for our capital and its "central park"? According to David Alpert, "We should be importing the look and feel of the rest of Washington to the Mall, not exporting its aesthetic to surrounding neighborhoods."
- [Kirk Savage Awarded 22nd Annual Eldredge Prize](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/05/savage-20100518/) - The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2010 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Kirk Savage for his book Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape.
- ['Make No Little Plans' Screening](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/06/make-little-plans/) - Next Wednesday, June 9th, on the National Mall is an open-air screening of the documentary film Make No Little Plans about architect Daniel Burnham. It is free and open to the public.
- [National Trust for Historic Preservation: America's Great Outdoors initiative](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/06/20100617-trust/) - The National Trust for Historic Preservation is working to broaden the Obama Administration's new America's Great Outdoors initiative to include not only natural resources but also our cultural resources such as the National Mall.
- [Senator Jim Webb on National Mall Traffic and Tour Busses](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/06/20100621-webb/) - The lack of affordable public transit, parking, and rational policy for dealing with the flood of tour buses on the Mall, is once again in the news, and now has garnered the interest of Virginia Senator Jim Webb.
- [Topic A: What would you do to change America's front yard?](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/front-yard-20100706/) - Judy Scott Feldman, Ken Salazar, Caroline Cunningham and James P. Clark share their visions for how to upgrade, expand or change the federal lands in the heart of our nation's capital.
- [America's front yard](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/20100712/) - The parking issue will not go away until we address it, all parties at the table, in an open public dialogue. Why is that not happening for the National Mall?
- [Kennicott essay, American Latino Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2010/07/20100729-latino-2/) - Here's Washington Post culture critic Phil Kennicott's thoughtful follow-up essay about the proposed Latino museum, lessons learned from the American Indian Museum on the Mall, and how we conceive museums that will be still relevant in 2050.
- [National Mall Underground Exhibit and Media](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2013/11/national-mall-underground-exhibit-and-media/) - Our National Mall Underground Exhibition will be open Monday to Wednesday but closed this Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. It will reopen the following Monday, November 30.
- [National Mall Showing Its Age (CBS News), WWI Memorial (Examiner)](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/07/mall-age-cbs-20090707/) - We took off the July 4th weekend for a family reunion and so missed a couple of stories in the media from CBS News and The Washington Examiner.
- [Status Update: National Park Service's "National Mall Plan"](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2009/06/20090601-nps-plan/) - The National Park Service (NPS) began its planning process for the Mall Plan in fall 2006. In February 2009 NPS made public its "Preliminary Preferred Alternative."
- [Smithsonian South Mall Master Plan Needs To Consider Broader Public Interest](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/03/smithsonian-south-mall-master-plan-needs-to-consider-broader-public-interest/) - In 2012, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned visionary Danish planner BIG, the Bjarke Ingels Group, to re-envision its gardens and museums on the south side of the National Mall.
- [An Evolving Stage](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/12/planning-future/) - Who are the visionary thinkers today who can work with all Mall constituencies to create a new long-term vision and plan for the Mall in its 3rd century, a plan that supports the Mall's modern role as a lively civic stage where Americans and visitors from all over the world explore our country's history and culture, participate
- [Washington Monument Ideas Competition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/national-ideas-competition/) - Washington Monument Ideas Competition Visitors walking on the National Mall encounter at the Washington Monument a vast open landscape with few trees or places to rest. In fact, these 65 acres were never completed as the "gem of the Mall system" intended by the 1902 McMillan Commission Plan. The National Coalition to Save Our Mall
- [Leadership](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/leadership/) - Board of the National Mall Coalition Judy Scott Feldman, PhD, Chair A native Washingtonian and art historian, Judy Scott Feldman founded the Coalition in 2000 and has served as the Chairman of the Board since that time. She has testified on Mall matters before Congress, and has been quoted and interviewed by national and international media
- [National Mall History](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/09/mall-history/) - The National Mall in Washington, D.C. — the 2-mile-long expanse of open space extending from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial — is a unique symbol of our American democracy and a national gathering place for civic celebrations and demonstrations. The monuments, open
- [Who We Are](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/who-we-are/) - The National Mall Coalition was founded in 2000 by a group of architects, historians, preservationists, educators, and concerned citizens seeking to provide, in the face of fragmented government management, a voice for the public interest in Mall matters. The mission of the National Mall Coalition (formerly National Coalition to Save Our Mall), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is to
- [Letter from the Chair](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/from-the-chair/) - June 2015 Dear Friends of the National Mall: Earlier this year the Board members of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall completed a strategic plan and made the decision to change our name to the National Mall Coalition. Our advocacy efforts have evolved over fifteen years from reacting to ill-advised projects that threatened the
- [Who We Are](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/coalition-history/) - The National Mall Coalition (formerly National Coalition to Save Our Mall) was founded in 2000 by a group of architects, historians, preservationists, and concerned citizens to protect the integrity of the National Mall, a national treasure, for future generations, and to improve the vitality, beauty, and active role of the Mall in the life of the DC
- [Yet since Congress...](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/09/yet-since-congress-declared/) - National Mall Coalition
- [Welcome to the Coalition Blog!](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2015/01/welcome-to-the-coalitions-blog/) - We are excited to share our newest updates with you here, on the Coalition's blog page. We'll be regularly posting updates on National Mall matters, including environmental issues, new projects and ideas, and our involvement with planning for the future of the National Mall.
- [Studies Support National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/2014/07/press-release-070114/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2014 Studies Support National Mall Underground: Sponsors Requesting Independent Commission to Develop Implementation Plan Download PDF Washington, DC – As Americans prepare for Independence Day celebrations, one of the country’s greatest treasures, the National Mall, continues to face myriad threats to its vitality and viability, both natural and manmade. Just eight

## Pages

- [Our Public Comment](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/public-policy/our-involvement/) - The National Mall Coalition works to protect and advance the legacy of the 1791 L'Enfant and 1901-2 McMillan plans through public consultation of changes to the National Mall.
- [Mall Legacy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/legacy/) - The National Mall in Washington, DC, is the legacy of two brilliant visionary plans: the 1791 L’Enfant Plan and the 1901-1902 McMillan Commission Plan.
- [About Us](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/) - Learn about the National Mall Coalition, a nonprofit founded in 2000 that works to protect and enhance the integrity of the National Mall.
- [Letter from the Chair](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/letter-from-the-chair/) - Earlier this year the Board members of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall completed a strategic plan and decided to change our name to the National Mall Coalition.
- [Leadership](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/leadership/) - The board of the National Mall Coalition includes Board of the National Mall Coalition Judy Scott Feldman, W. Kent Cooper, George H. F. Oberlander & Joseph D. West.
- [Expand the American Story](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/innovation/enhancements/) - What do we want National Mall visitors to take away about our common heritage as a people, our common purpose and goals as we look to the future?
- [Innovative Solutions](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/innovation/) - The National Mall faces serious challenges that require creative and comprehensive solutions including the National Mall Underground and 3rd Century Mall.
- [National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/innovation/resilience-to-ensure-the-future/) - The National Mall Underground will solve longstanding stormwater flooding problems and create a more lively and resilient Mall in the heart of the nation’s capital.
- [America's 3rd Century Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/innovation/3rd-century-mall/) - The National Mall Coalition began our 3rd Century Mall Initiative in late 2003 out of concern for the future of this symbolic landscape in the nation’s capital.
- [A Vision for the 3rd Century Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/public-policy/our-calls-to-action/) - Since our first Call to Action in 2002, the National Mall Coalition has focused on filling gaps in government oversight and proposing ideas to improve the Mall.
- [Public Policy Ideas](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/public-policy/) - Policies put in place by Congress and Mall managing agencies shape the way the National Mall looks, how it grows, and what public activities take place there.
- [Environment & Landscape](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/public-policy/enviroment/) - The most serious and growing environmental threat to the National Mall is flooding. The Mall area is threatened by Potomac River overflow and stormwater flooding
- [Annual Reports](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/annual-reports/) - Read the Annual Reports to learn about the Coalition's progress in raising awareness of the value of the National Mall to the City of Washington and the nation.
- [Washington Monument Ideas Competition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/innovation/ideas-competition/) - The National Coalition to Save Our Mall's National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds is a way to encourage the public to improve the National Mall's future.
- [Public Exhibitions](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/resources/coalition-exhibitions/) - We have been creating public exhibitions to educate DC residents, architects and designers, government planners, and the broader public about the exciting possibilities for the future.
- [A Mall Commission & Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/public-policy/a-unified-plan/) - A crucial step for improving policies governing the National Mall is creating a comprehensive long-term plan for the Mall in its 3rd Century to guide its future.
- [America’s Struggle for Freedom: A Self-Guided Tour](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/resources/americas-struggle-for-freedom-a-self-guided-tour/) - America’s Struggle for Freedom: Test yourself with this self-guided tour of four memorials.
- [Resources](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/resources/) - We welcome you to explore in greater depth aspects of the National Mall, its history, and challenges to any coherent planning for the future:
- [In the News](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/news-media/in-the-news/) - National Mall Coalition opinion and news coverage in the national media including The Washington Post, WTOP radio, The Washington Examiner & The New York Times.
- [Support for Coalition Ideas](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/news-media/support/) - Support for the National Mall Underground and 3rd Century Plan from news outlets such as The Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine and The Weekly Standard.
- [News & Media](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/news-media/) - The National Mall Coalition is a source for the media for information, history, and informed perspective on past and proposed changes to the National Mall.
- [Support Us](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/join-us/) - The National Mall Coalition, a 501(c)(3) citizens organization founded in 2000, provides an organized voice for the public interest in National Mall matters. Our goals are to protect and enhance the integrity of the Mall, to advocate in the face of fragmented government management the larger needs of all Americans, and to promote visionary, long-range planning
- [Contact Us](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/contact-us/) - Reach out to Judy Scott Feldman and the National Mall Coalition team to learn about new projects proposed and realized for the National Mall.
- [World War II Memorial: Historical Timeline](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/world-war-ii-memorial-historical-timeline/) - Back in 1993, President Clinton signed into law Congressional authorization for the construction of a World War II Memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs. The Memorial opened in 2004.
- [Historic Plans](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/resources/historic-plans/) - The 1791 L'Enfant Plan and the 1901-1902 McMillan Commission Plan are the blueprints for the National Mall.
- [An Evolving Stage](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/legacy/an-evolving-stage/) - The American people in modern times have given the Mall new meaning. They have taken ownership of the National Mall. It is a public forum and stage for Democracy.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/privacy-policy/) - The National Mall Coalition LLC recognizes the importance of protecting the information it collects from users in the operation of its Web site, nationalmallcoalition.org as well as other activities. The Coalition takes reasonable steps to maintain the security, integrity and privacy of this information.
- [Cookie Policy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/cookie-policy/)
- [Coalition Blog](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/coalition-blog/)
- [National Mall History](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/legacy/national-mall-history/) - The history of the National Mall is a story of visionary ideas and ideals, constant change and often neglect, and the power of the public in American Democracy.
- [Thanks for Your Donation](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/thanks-donation/) - The National Mall Coalition appreciates your donation! Don't forget to sign up for newsletter updates on National Mall Coalition news and initiatives. First Name: Last Name: Email address: Leave this field empty if you're human:
- [WWII Memorial in the Media: The Controversy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wwii-memorial-in-the-media-the-controversy/) - Major national media and commentators have criticized the WWII Memorial since 1997.
- [World War II Memorial: History and Debate](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/world-war-ii-memorial-history-and-debate/) - The National Mall Coalition was formed in 2000 in response to the controversy over the National World War II Memorial on the Mall after architects, planners, art historians, and other citizens from around the country realized that the government review agencies were not protecting the Mall’s historic plans.
- [Search Results](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/search_gcse/) - Search Results
- [Our History](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/) - The architects, historians, preservationists, and citizens who founded the National Mall Coalition were motivated by the public having no voice in developing the National Mall.
- [Coalition Research](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/resources/research/) - The Coalition, after 15 years of participating in the public consultation process, has researched important matters about the National Mall's long-term problems and needs.
- [The People's Place](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/about-us/our-history/public-policy/the-peoples-place/) - For more than two hundred years, Americans have come to the National Mall to celebrate our First Amendment rights, and relax in this beautiful open space.
- [Press Releases](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/news-media/press-releases/) - Coming soon.
- [National Mall History](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/mall-history/) - The National Mall in Washington, D.C. — the 2-mile-long expanse of open space extending from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial — is a unique symbol of our American democracy and a national gathering place for civic celebrations and demonstrations. The monuments, open
- [Archives](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/archives-3/) - [child-pages]
- [Updates](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/archives-3/updates/) - Select Update 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
- [Letter from the Chair](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/letter-from-the-chair/) - June 2015 Dear Friends of the National Mall: Earlier this year the Board members of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall completed a strategic plan and made the decision to change our name to the National Mall Coalition. Our advocacy efforts have evolved over fifteen years from reacting to ill-advised projects that threatened
- [Leadership](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/leadership/) - Board of the National Mall Coalition (formerly National Coalition to Save Our Mall) Judy Scott Feldman, PhD, Chair W. Kent Cooper, FAIA, Vice Chair George H.F. Oberlander, AICP, Vice Chair Joseph D. West, Esq., Treasurer Lisa Benton-Short, Ph.D., Secretary M.J. “Jay” Brodie, FAIA, Director Charles I. Cassell, FAIA, Director Ellen Goldstein, Director George Idelson, Director David
- [Coalition History](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/coalition-history/) - Since 2000, the National Mall Coalition (formerly National Coalition to Save Our Mall) has made strides in educating the public, Congress, and government agencies with jurisdiction over the Mall about the Mall’s history and planning legacy, as well as in promoting thoughtful, intelligent planning to ensure the Mall continues its important role
- [Projects](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/current-projects/) - The National Coalition to Save Our Mall originated the idea for the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds in our 2009 “Renewing American Democracy on the 3rd Century Mall” report. Our purpose was to encourage the American public to learn about Mall history and propose creative ideas for re-imagining the unfinished 65-acre open space

## Trivia Quiz

- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wpquizzes/franklin-delano-roosevelt-memorial/)
- [The Lincoln Memorial Quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wpquizzes/the-lincoln-memorial-quiz/)
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- [Quiz: How much do you know about memorials on the National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wpquizzes/take-the-memorials-on-the-national-mall-quiz/)
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- [WWII Memorial Media Archive](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/wwii-media-archive/) - Major national media outlets and commentators react to the National WWII Memorial.
- [2014 Archive](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/newsletter-updates/newsletters-2014/) - An archive of National Mall Coalition email newsletters from 2014
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- [Poll Questions](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/public-policy/poll-questions/) - How do you about the future of the National Mall? Here are a series of questions to help shape the debate.
- [Called to the Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/called-to-the-mall/)
- [Quizzes](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/quizzes/) - Learn about the National Mall and its history with these trivia challenges.
- [Coalition Testimony](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/coalition-testimony-comments/) - Public testimony and comments from the National Mall Coalition covering changes, upgrades and requests to maintaining and expanding the National Mall.
- [2017 Archive](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/category/newsletter-updates/newsletters-2017/) - An archive of National Mall Coalition email newsletters from the year 2017

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- [EpicCentering](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/epicentering/)
- [National Museum of the American Latino](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-museum-of-the-american-latino/)
- [Mall security](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/mall-security/)
- [National Trust for Historic Preservation](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-trust-historic-preservation/)
- [3rd Century Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/3rd-century-mall/)
- [Pierre L'Enfant](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/pierre-lenfant/)
- [Washington Post](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/washington-post/)
- [mall plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/mall-plan/)
- [park police](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/park-police/)
- [national capital planning commission](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-capital-planning-commission/)
- [Fundraising](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/fundraising/)
- [Public Space](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/public-space/)
- [National Stage](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-stage/)
- [Committee 100](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/committee-100/)
- [National Mall](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-mall/)
- [National Building Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-building-museum/)
- [Federal Emergency Management Agency](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/federal-emergency-management-agency/)
- [President's Day](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/presidents-day/)
- [George Mason University](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/george-mason-university/)
- [NCPC](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/ncpc/)
- [DCmud](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/dcmud/)
- [Greater Greater Washington](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/greater-greater-washington/)
- [Walking Tour](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/walking-tour/)
- [National Mall Coalition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-mall-coalition/)
- [worl](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/worl/)
- [Marches](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/marches/)
- [Senator Craig Thomas](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/senator-craig-thomas/)
- [The Washington Times](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/the-washington-times/)
- [NCMAC](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/ncmac/)
- [National Ideas Competition](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-ideas-competition/)
- [The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/the-branch-museum-of-architecture-and-design/)
- [DC Parks](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/dc-parks/)
- [Smithsonian Institute](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/smithsonian-institute/)
- [Capitol Reflecting Pool](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/capitol-reflecting-pool/)
- [Cherry Blossom Festival](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/cherry-blossom-festival/)
- [African American Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/african-american-museum/)
- [Washington Examiner](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/washington-examiner/)
- [National Public Radio](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-public-radio/)
- [Women's History Museum](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/womens-history-museum/)
- [Cultural Tourism D.C.](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/cultural-tourism-d-c/)
- [Shining Stars Montessori Academy](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/shining-stars-montessori-academy/)
- [sports](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/sports/)
- [museums](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/museums/)
- [McMillan Plan](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/mcmillan-plan/)
- [history](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/history/)
- [civil rights](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/civil-rights/)
- [quiz](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/quiz/)
- [Eleanor Holmes Norton](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/eleanor-holmes-norton/)
- [National World War I Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-world-war-i-memorial/)
- [demonstr](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/demonstr/)
- [Constitution Gardens](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/constitution-gardens/)
- [Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/martin-luther-king-jr-memorial/)
- [Memorial Day](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/memorial-day/)
- [fireworks](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/fireworks/)
- [Korean War Veterans Memorial](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/korean-war-veterans-memorial/)
- [National Mall Underground](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-mall-underground/)
- [Supreme Court](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/supreme-court/)
- [U.S. Capitol](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/u-s-capitol/)
- [newsletter](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/newsletter/)
- [National Garden of American Heroes](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/tag/national-garden-of-american-heroes/)

## Quiz Tag

- [Quiz #3326](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wpvqgr_tag/quiz-3326/)
- [Quiz #4061](https://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wpvqgr_tag/quiz-4061/)