Tag: National Mall
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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?
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UPDATE: Mr. President, as America Nears Our 250th Anniversary, the National Mall Needs You
Your Presidency will be remembered for your heroic efforts to protect and promote democracy, and to put America on an irreversible course to combat climate change.
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Hoboken to Washington: Wake Up! Tackle Flooding Now
Hurricane season spared Washington DC in 2023 but we can’t expect such good luck indefinitely.
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Quiz: Flood Threats on the 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, along with maps to illustrate those […]
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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.
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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.
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Photo Gallery: Artist Suzanne Brennan Firsten’s “In America: Remember”
A photo essay by Ellen Goldstein of artist Suzanne Brennan Firsten’s National Mall exhibit “In America: Remember”
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Photo Gallery: The January 6th Aftermath — Our National Mall Under Lockdown
National Mall Coalition board member Lisa Benton-Short captured in this photo essay the troops, barriers, and fences locking down our nation’s capital.
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The U.S. Capitol and National Mall in the 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.
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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.
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