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A Great 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 and to prepare an updated, comprehensive McMillan Plan for our National Mall in the 21st century.
Without a Vision, Who Decides the National Mall’s 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.
The Future of Our National Mall: An Independence Day Appeal to the American People

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.
With America’s 250th Anniversary Fast Approaching, The National Mall Needs Attention … NOW!

View the National Mall Coalition’s new PDF sharing the history of the Mall and covering the challenges facing the Mall and those in charge of its upkeep and development.
Rethinking How We Memorialize America’s History on the National Mall

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.

Advancing the Legacy of the National Mall through Public Policy and Innovative Ideas

The National Mall is the Stage for American Democracy. It’s in need of a new plan and vision for the 3rd Century. Learn more by exploring our website to better understand the legacy of the visionary 1791 L’Enfant and 1902 McMillan plans, as well as the challenges we face and innovative ways we can solve them.

On the National Mall we celebrate who we are as Americans, our nation’s founding ideals, and our civic responsibility to understand and champion the principles that sustain our democracy. Yet over the past decade, we’ve increasingly seen the visionary plans that created this iconic space trampled, the public’s use restricted, and hopes for a resilient future denied by inadequate planning. The National Mall Coalition is dedicated to reversing this trend through historical education, programming for the people, and cultivating ideas that will ensure the Mall’s vitality for future generations. We advocate for a new comprehensive plan for the National Mall, the stage for our democracy, in its 3rd century — the 3rd Century Mall.