Newsletter Updates
An archive of National Mall Coalition email newsletters
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Park Police Install Surveillance Cameras in the Washington Monument
Reporter Al Kamen’s “In the Loop” column on page A29 of yesterday’s (Friday, November 7th) Washington Post has an item about Park Police installation of surveillance cameras in the Washington Monument – and Congressional reaction to it:
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National Park Service Abandons Plans for Underground Visitor Center and Tunnel at the Washington Monument
It’s official! The National Park Service held a press conference yesterday to announce that it has abandoned plans for the underground visitor center and tunnel at the Washington Monument.
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National Capital Planning Commission Responds to Feldman’s “We Must Save America’s Mall”
Why attack the messenger? We wondered what the National Capital Planning Commission’s (NCPC) Executive Director, Patricia Gallagher, had in mind when she penned the personal attack published in today’s Washington Post, copied below.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
We have received word from the Senate Energy Committee that Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton — boss of the National Park Service (NPS) — has formally stopped any additional work on the visitor center and tunnel at the Washington Monument.
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Post Letter: Zigzagging Across the Mall
Letter to the editor regarding Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman’s article in the Washington Post “We Must Save America’s Mall”.
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Post Reports on the Political Maneuvering Behind Visitor Center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
In an article in last Friday’s (October 2nd) Washington Post entitled “Scrugg’s Underground Movement,” reporter Monte Reel described some of the political maneuvering behind the scenes between Jan Scruggs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the Congress, and John Parsons (with others) of the National Park Service (NPS), regarding the proposed visitor center/museum for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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The Coalition Needs your 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.
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Post & Feldman: We Must Save America’s Mall
Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman featured in Washington Post’s Outlook Section with “We Must Save America’s Mall.”
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Washington Post Publishes Articles on the NFL Extravaganza Controversy
The Washington Post published three articles on various aspects of the NFL extravaganza controversy. The Washington Times also published one in the Sports Section.
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National Park Service Director’s Order Promoting Civic Engagement and Public Involvement
Dear Coalition Friends: There has been lots of coverage of the ongoing NFL Extravaganza on the Mall in today’s Washington media, print and broadcast. We will send out an update […]
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