National Mall

{{center|2016 Map}}

File:NPS national-mall-3d-map.pdf

{{center|2002 Satellite image}}

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The National Mall proper contains the following landmarks, museums and other features (including opening year):

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:2. National Museum of American History (1964)Numbers preceding names of landmarks correspond to numbers in 2005 satellite image of the National Mall (proper).

:3. National Museum of Natural History (1910)

:4. National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (1999)

:5. West Building of the National Gallery of Art (1941)

:6. East Building of the National Gallery of Art (1978)

:10. National Museum of the American Indian (2004) (shown under construction)

:11. National Air and Space Museum (1976)

:12. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1974)

:13. Arts and Industries Building (1881)

:14. Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") (1849)

:15. Freer Gallery of Art (1923)

:16. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (1987)

:17. National Museum of African Art (1987)

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File:A j downing urn 006.JPG in May 2012]]

Not marked on the above image:

:Above the Smithsonian Institution Building

:*Joseph Henry statue (1883)Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000449.htm |title=HENRY, Joseph: Memorial at the Smithsonian "Castle" in Washington, D.C., by William Wetmore Storey |publisher=dcMemorials.com |date=2011-07-24 |access-date=2012-04-16 |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117002133/http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000449.htm |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web|last1=Rosales|first1=Jean K.|last2=Jobe|first2=Michael R.|url=http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=6|title=Joseph Henry statue|work=Who Is That Man, Anyway?|publisher=KittyTours|year=2001|access-date=2012-04-16|archive-date=November 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127172205/http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=6|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/HistoryCultureCollections/SIL7-154/pdf/SIL007-154.pdf|title=Program for dedication ceremony for the Joseph Henry statue|work=Smithsonian Institution Libraries Digital Library|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|date=1883-04-19|access-date=2010-10-27|archive-date=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919171352/http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/HistoryCultureCollections/SIL7-154/pdf/SIL007-154.pdf|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=213 |title=Joseph Henry statue marker |work=Markers Attached to Sculpture series |publisher=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database |access-date=2010-10-27 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020025347/http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=213 |url-status=live }}

:Below the Smithsonian Institution Building

:*Andrew Jackson Downing Urn (1856)Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/downing-urn/|title=The Downing Urn|work=Smithsonian Gardens|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316232605/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/downing-urn/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000453.htm|title=DOWNING, Andrew Jackson: Urn on the east side of the Arts & Industries Bldg in Washington, D.C. by Robert E Launitz, Calvert Vaux|publisher=dcMemorials.com|year=2008|access-date=2010-03-17|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221015833/http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000453.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=13425|title=Andrew Jackson Downing marker|publisher=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database|access-date=2010-10-27|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918165537/https://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=46600|url-status=live}}

:Above the Arts and Industries Building

:* Smithsonian Carousel (1967)

Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|last=Toda|first=Mitch|url=https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/favorite-smithsonian-carousel|title=A Favorite - The Smithsonian Carousel|date=2013-04-13|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202549/https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/favorite-smithsonian-carousel|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcarousel.com/|title=Welcome to The Carousel on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.|publisher=nationalcarousel.com|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202534/http://www.nationalcarousel.com/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|last=Benson|first=Chris|url=https://carousels.org/psp/NationalMall/#|title=The NCA Photo Show Project Presents: The 1947 Allan Herschell Carousel at The National Mall, Washington, DC|access-date=2018-09-16|publisher=National Carousel Association}}
• {{cite book|last=Nathan|first=Amy|title=Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xoh9uxFK4WYC&pg=printsec|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Paul Dry Books|year=2011|pages=3, 15–19, 220–224|isbn=9781589880719|lccn=2011029073|oclc=669754920|via=Google Books|access-date=2018-09-16}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.si.edu/guides/english.htm|title=Carousel|work=Welcome to the Smithsonian: Kid Stuff|access-date=2010-01-22|date=August 2006|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|quote=Outdoors on the National Mall, across Jefferson Drive from the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian carousel operates seasonally|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212123602/http://www.si.edu/guides/english.htm|url-status=live}}
• Coordinates of the Smithsonian Carousel: {{coord|38|53|20.93|N|77|01|28.44|W|type:landmark|name=Smithsonian Carousel}}

: To the left of the National Museum of American History

:* Site of the present National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/unit/african-american-museum|title=National Museum of African American History and Culture|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113084547/https://www.si.edu/unit/african-american-museum|url-status=live}}

File:Washington,_D.C_Mai_2009_PD_005.JPG and Capitol Reflecting Pool in the foreground, and across the National Mall towards the Washington Monument]]

: To the left of the Freer Gallery of Art

:* Jamie L. Whitten Building: U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building (1930)Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/jamie-l-whitten-federal-building-washington-dc|title=Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, DC|publisher=General Services Administration|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126182800/https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/jamie-l-whitten-federal-building-washington-dc|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.da.usda.gov/buildings.htm|title=Histories of the USDA Headquarters Complex Buildings|year=2004|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|access-date=2009-05-10|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425013908/http://www.da.usda.gov/buildings.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |last=Milner |first=John D. |date=June 22, 1973 |title=U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/74002175_text |work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: For Federal Properties (Form 10-36) |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121045720/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/74002175_text|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |last=Marzella |first=Bill |date=August 5, 2015|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000845.pdf|title=U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)|work=United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (NPS Form 10-900)|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222013023/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000845.pdf|url-status=live}}

File:National Mall - walking path.JPG in April 2010. Rows of American elm trees line the sides of a path traversing the length of the Mall.]]

With the exception of the National Gallery of Art, all of the museums on the National Mall proper are part of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Gardens maintains a number of gardens and landscapes near its museums.{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/plan-your-visit/our-gardens/|title=Our Gardens|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316192943/https://gardens.si.edu/plan-your-visit/our-gardens/|url-status=live}} These include:

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• Common Ground: Our American Garden (2017){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/common-ground/|title=Common Ground: Our American Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316201035/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/common-ground/|url-status=live}}
• Enid A. Haupt Garden (1987){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden|title=Enid A. Haupt Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316225008/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/|url-status=live}}
• Freer Gallery of Art Courtyard Garden (1923){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/freer-courtyard-garden|title=Freer Gallery of Art: Courtyard Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316211306/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/freer-courtyard-garden/|url-status=live}}
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1974){{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/museums/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden|title=Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513223115/https://www.si.edu/museums/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden|url-status=live}}
• Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden (1998){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/folger-rose-garden/|title=Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316224026/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/folger-rose-garden/|url-status=live}}
• Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (1978)Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/ripley-garden/|title=Mary Livingston Ripley Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316222800/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/ripley-garden/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=http://wvgardengate.homestead.com/Mary_Livingston_Ripley_Garden.htm |title=Mary Livingston Ripley Garden |first=Marie|last=Nesius|publisher=Kanawha County Master Gardeners, West Virginia |year=2004 |access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=November 8, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108023308/http://wvgardengate.homestead.com/Mary_Livingston_Ripley_Garden.htm |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=https://tclf.org/landscapes/mary-livingston-ripley-garden|title=Mary Livingston Ripley Garden|year=2020|publisher=The Cultural Landscape Foundation|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322181228/https://tclf.org/landscapes/mary-livingston-ripley-garden|archive-date=March 22, 2021|url-status=live}}
• National Air and Space Museum landscape (1976){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/nasm-landscape/|title=National Air and Space Museum Landscape|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316220932/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/nasm-landscape/|url-status=live}}
• Native landscape at the National Museum of the American Indian (2004){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/native-landscape-nmai/|title=Native Landscape at the National Museum of the American Indian|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316214121/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/native-landscape-nmai/|url-status=live}}
• Pollinator Garden (1995){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/pollinator-garden/|title=Pollinator Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316223333/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/pollinator-garden/|url-status=live}}
• Urban Bird Habitat (2020){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/urban-bird-habitat/|title=Urban Bird Habitat|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316195445/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/urban-bird-habitat/|url-status=live}}
• Victory Garden (2020){{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/victory-garden/|title=Victory Garden|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316215835/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/victory-garden/|url-status=live}}

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Features east of the National Mall proper include:

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• United States Capitol and its grounds (no. 7 on image)
• Union Square, containing:

:*Capitol Reflecting Pool (1971) (no. 8 on image)

:*Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (1922) (east of no. 8 on image)

• Peace Monument (1878) (in traffic circle northeast of no. 8 in image)
• United States Botanic Garden (1933) (no. 9 on image)
• James A. Garfield Monument (1887) (in traffic circle northeast of no. 9 in image)

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Not included in the above map:

:*Lockkeeper's House, C & O Canal Extension (1837)

:*Constitution Gardens (1976)

:*Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1984)

:*District of Columbia War Memorial

:*Sylvan Theater

:*George Mason Memorial

:*John Paul Jones Memorial

:*John Ericsson Memorial

:*The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace sculptures

:*Jefferson Pier

:*Tidal Basin paddle-boat dock.

{{See also|Geography of Washington, D.C.}}

• Between the Capitol steps and the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall spans 1.9 miles (3.0 km).
• Between the Capitol steps and the Washington Monument, the Mall spans 1.2 miles (1.8 km).
• Between the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall covers 309.2 acres (125.13 ha).
• Between Constitution Avenue NW and Independence Avenue SW at 7th Street, the width of the Mall is {{convert|1586|ft|m}}.
• Between Madison Drive NW and Jefferson Drive SW at 7th Street, the width of the Mall's open space is {{convert|656|ft|m}}.
• Between the innermost rows of trees near 7th Street, the width of the Mall's vista is {{convert|300|ft|m}}.

In its 1981 National Register of Historic Places nomination form, the NPS defined the boundaries of the National Mall (proper) as Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues on the north, 1st Street NW on the east, Independence and Maryland Avenues on the south, and 14th Street NW on the west, with the exception of the section of land bordered by Jefferson Drive on the north, Independence Avenue on the south, and by 12th and 14th Streets respectively on the east and west, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture administers and which contains the Jamie L. Whitten Building (U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building).{{cite web |last=Milner |first=John D. |date=1973-06-22 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building |url={{NRHP url|id=74002175}} |archive-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024173313/http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/74002175.pdf |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 12, 2017}} The 2012–2016 National Park Service index describes the National Mall as being a landscaped park that extends from the Capitol to the Washington Monument, defined as a principal axis in the L'Enfant Plan for the city of Washington.

However, a 2010 NPS plan for the Mall contains maps that show the Mall's general area to be larger.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/FEIS/NAMA_Summary2010.pdf|title=National Mall Plan: Summary: Enriching Our National Experience: Envisioning a New Future (NPS 802/105261)|place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, National Mall and Memorial Parks|date=Fall 2010|access-date=2010-11-10|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715071037/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/FEIS/NAMA_Summary2010.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/National%20Mall%20Plan.html|title=Update on the National Mall Plan|work=Enriching Your American Experience: The National Mall Plan|year=2010|publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=2016-10-12|archive-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803083532/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/National%20Mall%20Plan.html|url-status=live}} A document within the plan describes this area as "the grounds of the U.S. Capitol west to the Potomac River, and from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial north to Constitution Avenue". A map within the plan entitled "National Mall Areas" illustrates "The Mall" as being the green space bounded on the east by 3rd Street, on the west by 14th Street, on the north by Jefferson Drive, NW, and on the south by Madison Drive, SW.{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Maps/AreaswithinNMall.pdf |work=National Mall Plan |title=National Mall Areas |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2013-10-19 |archive-date=April 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428000405/http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Maps/AreaswithinNMall.pdf |url-status=live }} A Central Intelligence Agency map shows the Mall as occupying the space between the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol.{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/physical/pdf/united_states.pdf |title=Map of the United States: Inset showing Washington, D.C. area |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=2013-10-14 |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605093715/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/physical/pdf/united_states.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In 2011, the 112th United States Congress enacted the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012, which transferred to the Architect of the Capitol the NPS "property which is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the east by First Street Northwest and First Street Southwest, on the south by Maryland Avenue Southwest, and on the west by Third Street Southwest and Third Street Northwest".{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-112publ74/pdf/PLAW-112publ74.pdf |title=Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 |work=Public Law 112-74, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |date=2011-12-23 |page=125 STAT. 1129 |access-date=2012-03-02 |quote=
TRANSFER TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Sec. 1202. (a) Transfer.—To the extent that the Director of the National Park Service has jurisdiction and control over any portion of the area described in subsection (b) and any monument or other facility which is located within such area, such jurisdiction and control is hereby transferred to the Architect of the Capitol as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Area Described.—The area described in this subsection is the property which is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the east by First Street Northwest and First Street Southwest, on the south by Maryland Avenue Southwest, and on the west by Third Street Southwest and Third Street Northwest. |url-status=live |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710231030/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-112publ74/pdf/PLAW-112publ74.pdf }} This act removed Union Square (the area containing the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial and the Capitol Reflecting Pool) from NPS jurisdiction.{{cite news |last=Ruane |first=Michael E. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/control-of-the-malls-union-square-changes-hands/2011/12/22/gIQAtOSOLP_story.html |title=Control of the Mall's Union Square changes hands |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-12-27 |access-date=2012-01-05 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723065255/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/control-of-the-malls-union-square-changes-hands/2011/12/22/gIQAtOSOLP_story.html }}

The National Park Service states that the purposes of the National Mall are to:

• Provide a monumental, dignified, and symbolic setting for the governmental structures, museums, and national memorials as first delineated by the L'Enfant plan and further outlined in the McMillan plan.
• Maintain and provide for the use of the National Mall with its public promenades as a completed work of civic art, a designed historic landscape providing extraordinary vistas to symbols of the nation.
• Maintain National Mall commemorative works (memorials, monuments, statues, sites, gardens) that honor presidential legacies, distinguished public figures, ideas, events, and military and civilian sacrifices and contributions.
• Forever retain the West Potomac Park section of the National Mall as a public park for the recreation and enjoyment of the people.
• Maintain the National Mall in the heart of the nation's capital as a stage for national events and a preeminent national civic space for public gatherings because it is here that the constitutional rights of speech and peaceful assembly find their fullest expression.
• Maintain the National Mall as an area free of commercial advertising while retaining the ability to recognize sponsors."

{{See also|History of Washington, D.C.}}

File:Iiif-service gmd gmd385 g3852 g3852m ct005090-full-pct 12.5-0-default.jpg
The "Grand Avenue" or Mall as proposed by Pierre L'Enfant, 1791}}]]

In his 1791 plan for the future city of Washington, D.C., Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant envisioned a garden-lined "grand avenue" approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in length

and {{convert|400|ft|m}} wide, in an area that would lie between the Congress House (now the United States Capitol) and an equestrian statue of George Washington. The statue would be placed directly south of the President's House (now the White House) and directly west of the Congress House (see L'Enfant Plan) on the site of the Washington Monument. The grand avenue was to be flanked by gardens and spacious accommodations for foreign ministers.{{cite web|last=Pfanz |first=Donald C. |date=1981-02-11 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: National Mall |url={{NRHP url|id=66000031}} |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223101453/http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/66000031.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2010-03-17}}{{cite book|last=Sherald|first=James L|url=http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/ElmsoftheMonuCore_HistandMgmtPlan_122009.pdf|title=Elms for the Monumental Core: History and Management Plan|id=Natural Resource Report NPS/NCR/NRR--2009/001|place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Center for Urban Ecology, National Capital Region, National Park Service|pages=2–5|date=December 2009|access-date=2010-10-14|archive-date=November 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129074707/http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/ElmsoftheMonuCore_HistandMgmtPlan_122009.pdf|url-status=live}}Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/62wash/62locate1.htm |title=Map 1: The L'Enfant Plan for Washington |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2009-10-27 |archive-date=January 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121111024/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/62wash/62locate1.htm |url-status=live }}
• L'Enfant identified himself as "Peter Charles L'Enfant" during most of his life, while residing in the United States. He wrote this name on his [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000512 "Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t(he) United States ...."] (Washington, D.C.) and on other legal documents. However, during the early 1900s, a French ambassador to the United States, Jean Jules Jusserand, popularized the use of L'Enfant's birth name, "Pierre Charles L'Enfant". (See: Bowling, Kenneth R (2002). Peter Charles L'Enfant: vision, honor, and male friendship in the early American Republic. George Washington University, Washington, D.C.) The National Park Service identifies L'Enfant as {{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/Wash/text.htm|title=Major Peter Charles L'Enfant|access-date=October 27, 2009|archive-date=April 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405134623/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/Wash/text.htm#washington|url-status=live}} and as {{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/presidents/washington_monument.html|title=Major Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant|access-date=October 27, 2009|archive-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228094032/http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/presidents/washington_monument.html|url-status=live}} on its website. The United States Code states in {{USC|40|3309}}: "(a) In General.—The purposes of this chapter shall be carried out in the District of Columbia as nearly as may be practicable in harmony with the plan of Peter Charles L'Enfant."

Mathew Carey's 1802 map is reported to be the first to name the area west of the United States Capitol as the "Mall".Multiple sources:

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190703162854/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/carey.jpg Portion of Mathew Carey's 1802 map of Washington City showing the Mall] In {{cite web|url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/chron.html|first=Mary|last=Hanlon|title=The Mall: The Grand Avenue, The Government, and The People|publisher=University of Virginia|access-date=2019-07-03|quote=Mathew Carey's 1802 map was the first one to name the stretch of land west of the Capitol as 'The Mall.'|archive-date=July 28, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970728213334/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/chron.html|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|first=I.|last=Draper|url=http://dcsymbols.com/chronology/maps2.htm|title=Washington City|format=map|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Mathew Carey|year=1802|lccn=88694101|access-date=2015-02-03|archive-date=March 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312105143/http://dcsymbols.com/chronology/maps2.htm|url-status=live}}In {{cite document|title=Washington Map Chronology|publisher=dcsymbols.com|quote=Mathew Carey's 1802 map was the first one to name the stretch of land west of the Capitol as "The Mall."}} .
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Glazer|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Field|editor2-first=Cynthia R.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V83SKEMbIY4C&pg=PA179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V83SKEMbIY4C&pg=printsec|isbn=978-0-8018-8805-2|oclc=166273738|chapter=A Chronology of the Mall|title=The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monumental Core|year=2008|page=179|location=Baltimore, Maryland|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|access-date=2019-07-03|via=Google Books|quote=1802: Mathew Carey's map of Washington is the first to name the stretch of land west of the Capitol as "The Mall".|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703142756/https://books.google.com/books?id=V83SKEMbIY4C&pg=PA179|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|last=Carey|first=Mathew|year=1802|chapter=Washington City|title=Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged: being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.|lccn=2020586053|location=Philadelphia|publisher=M. Carey and Son}} The name is derived from that of The Mall in London, which during the 1700s was a fashionable promenade near Buckingham Palace upon which the city's elite strolled.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/whymall|title=Why is this space called a "Mall"?|work=Histories of the National Mall|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|access-date=2019-07-02|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702050136/http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/whymall|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|first=Edward|last=Walford|chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075901656&view=1up&seq=94|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075901656&view=1up&seq=9|chapter=Chapter VII: The Mall and Spring Gardens|title=Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, its People, and its Places|volume=4: Westminster and the Western Suburbs|pages=74–85|date=1887–93|edition=New|location=London, England|publisher=Cassell & Company, Limited|access-date=2019-07-02|oclc=35291703|via=HathiTrust Digital Library}}

The Washington City Canal, completed in 1815 in accordance with the L'Enfant Plan, travelled along the former course of Tiber Creek to the Potomac River along B Street Northwest (NW) (now Constitution Avenue NW) and south along the base of a hill containing the Congress House, thus defining the northern and eastern boundaries of the Mall.{{cite web|first=Paul K.|last=Williams|url=http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-ill-fated-washington-city-canal.html|title=The ill fated Washington City Canal: filled in and paved over in 1871|work=The House History Man|date=2013-10-28|access-date=2018-06-19|via=Blogger|archive-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909221544/http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-ill-fated-washington-city-canal.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last=Bryan|first=Wilhelmus Bogart|year=1916|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WyIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA104|chapter=Chapter IV. Erection of the City Hall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WyIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=printsec|title=A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation Through the Period of the Adoption of the Organic Act|volume=2|page=104|publisher=MacMillan|location=New York|access-date=2009-10-08|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|editor=Pfingsten, Bill|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=209|title="Lock Keeper's House" marker|publisher=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217154440/https://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=111529|url-status=live}} Being shallow and often obstructed by silt, the canal served only a limited role and became an open sewer that poured sediment and waste into the Potomac River's flats and shipping channel.{{cite web|last=Robarge|first=Drew|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/washington-dcs-19th-century-reclamation-project/73078/|title=Washington, D.C.'s 19th Century Reclamation Project|work=Technology|publisher=The Atlantic|date=2011-03-28|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818094700/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/washington-dcs-19th-century-reclamation-project/73078|url-status=live}} The portion of the canal that traveled near the Mall was covered over in 1871 for sanitary reasons.

Some consider a lockkeeper's house constructed in 1837 near the western end of the Washington City Canal for an eastward extension of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal to be the oldest building still standing on the National Mall.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmall.org/lockkeepershouse|title=Come see the restored Lockkeeper's House|work=Lockkeeper's House|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Trust for the National Mall|access-date=January 17, 2020|quote=The Lockkeeper's House – the oldest structure on the National Mall – has been relocated and restored as part of a major project that has transformed the site with a new visitor-friendly entrance, surrounding outdoor plaza and educational displays.
Previously located just inches from heavy traffic at the corner of 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the house was lifted and moved about 20 feet from the road. Untouched for more than 40 years, the 180-year old structure now welcomes visitors from around the world to the National Mall.|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404044847/https://www.nationalmall.org/lockkeepershouse/|url-status=live}} The structure, which is located near the southwestern corner of 17th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW, is west of the National Mall (proper).Multiple sources:

• {{cite news|last=Weiner|first=Talia|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/05/625669691/181-year-old-lockkeepers-tiny-house-ready-for-its-next-chapter|title=181-Year-Old Lockkeeper's Tiny House Ready For Its Next Chapter|date=2018-07-05|publisher=NPR|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718092540/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/05/625669691/181-year-old-lockkeepers-tiny-house-ready-for-its-next-chapter|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmall.org/news/2018/10/23/historic-lockkeepers-house-opens-on-the-national-mall-following-major-renovation|title=Historic Lockkeeper's House Opens on the National Mall Following Major Renovation|date=October 23, 2018|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Trust for the National Mall|access-date=January 17, 2020|archive-date=January 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117022001/https://www.nationalmall.org/news/2018/10/23/historic-lockkeepers-house-opens-on-the-national-mall-following-major-renovation|url-status=live}}

The Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle"), constructed from 1847 to 1855, is the oldest building now present on the National Mall (proper).{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/66000867_text|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Smithsonian Institution Building|last=Morton|first=W. Brown III|date=1971-02-08|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005657/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/66000867_text|url-status=live}} The Washington Monument, whose construction began in 1848 and reached completion in 1888, stands near the planned site of its namesake's equestrian statue.{{cite book|last=Torres|first=Louis|url=https://www.publications.usace.army.mil/Portals/76/Publications/EngineerPamphlets/EP_870-1-21.pdf|title="To the immortal name and memory of George Washington": The United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Washington Monument|page=17|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|lccn=85601652|oclc=12085597|year=1985|access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624020048/http://www.publications.usace.army.mil/Portals/76/Publications/EngineerPamphlets/EP_870-1-21.pdf|url-status=live}} The Jefferson Pier marks the planned site of the statue itself.{{cite book|last=Benson-Short|first=Lisa|year=2016

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2HpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|chapter=Chapter 1: From Grand Avenue to Public Space|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2HpDAAAQBAJ&pg=printsec|title=The National Mall: No Ordinary Public Space|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=k2HpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 29]|lccn=2016448269|oclc=1049661165|isbn=9781442630574|location=Toronto|publisher=University of Toronto Press|access-date=August 15, 2020|via=Google Books}}

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File:DClandscape1846.jpg behind them, the Capitol on the right and the Smithsonian "Castle", the Washington Monument and the Potomac River in the distant left.]]

During the early 1850s, architect and horticulturist Andrew Jackson Downing designed a landscape plan for the Mall.{{cite web|url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/chron.html|first=Mary|last=Hanlon|title=The Mall: The Grand Avenue, The Government, and The People|publisher=University of Virginia|access-date=2019-07-03|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605104907/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/chron.html|url-status=dead}}Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|first=David|last=Schuyler|title=Downing, Andrew Jackson|url=http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00235.html|work=American Council of Learned Societies: American National Biography Online|date=February 2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=2017-09-18|quote=In late 1850 Downing was commissioned to landscape the public grounds in Washington, D.C. This 150-acre tract extended west from the foot of Capitol Hill to the site of the Washington Monument and then north to the president's house. Downing saw this as an opportunity not simply to ornament the capital but also to create the first large public park in the United States. He believed that the Washington park would encourage cities across the nation to provide healthful recreational grounds for their citizens. Although only the initial stages of construction had been completed at the time of his death, Downing's commission, as well as the influence of his writings, merited the epithet "Father of American Parks".|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918202843/http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00235.html|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/downing-urn/|title=Downing's Plans for the Mall|work=Smithsonian Gardens: The Downing Urn|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316232605/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/downing-urn/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6087997|title=Andrew Jackson Downing's Plan for the National Mall: Plan Showing Proposed Laying Out of the Public Grounds at Washington: Copied from the Original Plan by A. J. Downing: February. 1851. To Accompany the Annual Report dated October 1st, 1867, of Bvt Brig. Genl. N. Michler In Charge of Public Buildings, Grounds & Works|series=File Unit: Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River, 1784 - 1890 |publisher=National Archives|access-date=2017-09-17|archive-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917191331/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6087997|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|first=Lisa|last=Fthenakis|date=May 31, 2018|url=https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/smithsonian%E2%80%99s-first-garden|title=The Smithsonian's First Garden|format=blog|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613163108/https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/smithsonian%E2%80%99s-first-garden|url-status=live}} Over the next half century, federal agencies developed several naturalistic parks within the Mall in accordance with Downing's plan. Two such areas were Henry Park and Seaton Park.Multiple sources:
• {{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PaMdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3728 |title=Appendix CCC: Improvement and Care of Public Buildings and Grounds in the District of Columbia – Washington Monument |last=Bingham |first=Theo. A |journal=Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898 |volume=II |number=Part 6 |publisher=Government Printing Office |page=3728 |year=1898 |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2012-02-29 |via=Google Books |quote=RESERVATIONS IN SOUTHWEST DIVISION
  This division of the public grounds embraces the area lying between First and Seventeenth streets west and B street north, and includes the large and important parks known as Henry and Seaton parks, the Smithsonian grounds and Monument grounds. |archive-date=April 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424205200/https://books.google.com/books?id=PaMdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3728 |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/m2.pdf|format=map|title=After the First Improvements: Changes to the Mall Parks after 1877|work=Cultural Landscape Inventory|year=2006|page=48|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date=February 25, 2021|quote=This graphic depicts the nineteenth-century Mall reservations overlaid on the current Mall.|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028085740/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/m2.pdf|url-status=live}}

During that period, the Mall was subdivided into several areas between B Street Northwest (NW) (now Constitution Avenue NW) and B Street Southwest (SW) (now Independence Avenue SW):

• The Public Grounds between 2nd and 6th Streets NW and SW
• The Armory Grounds between 6th and 7th Streets NW and SW
• The Smithsonian Grounds between 7th and 12th Streets NW and SW
• The Agricultural Grounds between 12th and 14th Streets NW and SW
• The Monument Grounds between 14th and 17th Streets NW and SWMap of the Mall in 1893 showing the Monuments Grounds, Agricultural Grounds, Smithsonian Grounds, Armory Grounds, Public Grounds, and Botanical Gardens

In 1856, the Armory (No. 27 on the 1893 map of the Mall) was built at the intersection of B Street SW and 6th Street SW on the Armory Grounds. In 1862, during the American Civil War, the building was converted to a military hospital known as Armory Square Hospital to house Union Army casualties. After the war ended, the Armory building became the home of the United States Fish Commission.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/historic-medical-sites/downtown-sites.html|title=Former Site of Armory Square Hospital: Independence Avenue and 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20597|work=History of Medicine: Visit: Historic Medical Sites Near Washington DC|publisher=United States Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health: United States National Library of Medicine|location=Bethesda, Maryland|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128012735/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/historic-medical-sites/downtown-sites.html|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/armory_square_hospital.cfm|title=Armory Square Hospital|publisher=United States Army War College: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks|location=Carlisle, Pennsylvania|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128015343/https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/armory_square_hospital.cfm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/armory-square-hospital/|title=Armory Square Hospital: Union Military Hospital in Washington DC|format=blog|work=Civil War Women: Women of the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras 1849-1877|date=2014-10-22|first=Maggie|last=MacLean|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128020910/https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/armory-square-hospital/|url-status=live}}

The United States Congress established the United States Department of Agriculture in 1862 during the Civil War.{{cite web|url=https://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!11415~!0|title=United States Department of Agriculture Building|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|year=2016|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722070125/https://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!11415~!0#focus|url-status=live}} Designed by Adolf Cluss and Joseph von Kammerhueber, the United States Department of Agriculture Building (No. 25 on the map), was constructed in 1867–1868 north of B Street SW within a 35-acre site on the Mall.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNxPAAAAMAAJ&q=constructed+in+1867-1868|chapter=The Mall|title=Buildings of the District of Columbia|first1=Pamela|last1=Scott|first2=Antoinette Joséphine|last2=Lee|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1993|page=73|isbn=0195061462|lccn=93009187|oclc=252905913|via=Google Books|access-date=2018-07-21}}

File:Washington, D.C., April, 1865 LCCN2013651866.tif in the background in April 1865]]

After the Civil War ended, the Department of Agriculture started growing experimental crops and demonstration gardens on the Mall. These gardens extended from the department's building near the south side of the Mall to B Street NW (the northern boundary of the Mall). The building was razed in 1930. In addition, greenhouses belonging to the U.S. Botanical Garden (No. 16 on the map) appeared near the east end of the Mall between the Washington City Canal and the Capitol (later between 1st and 3rd Streets NW and SW).

Originating during the early 1800s as a collection of market stalls immediately north of the Washington City Canal and the Mall, the Center Market (No. 19 on the map), which Adolf Cluss also designed, opened in 1872 soon after the canal closed. Located on the north side of Constitution Avenue NW, the National Archives now occupies the Market's site.{{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/center-market|title=What happened to George Washington's plan for a market near the Mall?|work=Histories of the National Mall|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|access-date=2018-06-21|archive-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621231002/http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/center-market |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adolf-cluss.org/index.php?sub=3.5.20|title=Center Market (1871–78)|publisher=Adolf-Cluss.org|via=Stimme.net|access-date=2018-06-21|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621233335/http://www.adolf-cluss.org/index.php?sub=3.5.20|url-status=live}}

During that period, railroad tracks crossed the Mall on 6th Street, west of the Capitol. Near the tracks, several structures were built over the years. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station (B on the map) rose in 1873 on the north side of the Mall at the southwest corner of 6th Street and B Street NW (now the site of the west building of the National Gallery of Art).Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|title=Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station|work=Histories of the National Mall|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|access-date=2018-11-28|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/42|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128002939/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/42|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/railroad|title=What happened to the railroad stations on the Mall?|work=Histories of the National Mall|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128010747/http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/railroad|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/06/29/short-lived-baltimore-potomac-railroad-station-national-mall|title=The Short-Lived Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station on the National Mall|date=2016-06-29|first=Richard|last=Brownell|work=Boundary Stones: WETA's Local History Blog|publisher=WETA|location=Arlington County, Virginia|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128010001/https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/06/29/short-lived-baltimore-potomac-railroad-station-national-mall|url-status=live}}

In 1881, the Arts and Industries Building (No. 34 on the map), known originally as the National Museum Building, opened on the north side of B Street SW to the east of "The Castle". Designed in 1876 by Adolf Cluss and his associates, the building is the second oldest still standing on the National Mall (proper).Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/museums/arts-and-industries-building|title=Arts and Industries Building|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223205348/https://www.si.edu/museums/arts-and-industries-building|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/Content/ahhp/pdf/AI-HSR2009/historicalbackgroundcontext.pdf|title=Building History, Description and Significance: Historical Background and Context|work=Arts & Industries Building: Historic Structure Report|date=August 31, 2009|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution: Architectural History & Historic Preservation Division|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802151624/https://www.si.edu/Content/ahhp/pdf/AI-HSR2009/historicalbackgroundcontext.pdf|url-status=live}}

In 1887, the Army Medical Museum and Library, which Adolf Cluss designed in 1885, opened on the Mall at northwest corner of B Street SW and 7th Street SW.{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/66000854_text|title=Army Medical Museum and Library|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |author=Boundary Review Task Force, HCRS|access-date=2018-07-22|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613074750/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/66000854_text|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/709748|title=The Rise and_Fall of the_Army_Medical Museum and Library|last=Rhode|first=Michael G.|work=Washington History 2006|date=January 2006 |publisher=Academia.edu|pages=87, 94–95|access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722003901/https://www.academia.edu/709748/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Army_Medical_Museum_and_Library|url-status=live}} The Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum now occupies the site of the building, which was demolished in 1968.

Meanwhile, in order to clean up the Potomac Flats and to make the Potomac River more navigable, in 1882 Congress authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the river. The Corps used the sediment removed from the shipping channel to fill in the flats. The work started in 1882 and continued until 1911, creating the Tidal Basin and 628 new acres of land. Part of the new land, which became West Potomac Park, expanded the Mall southward and westward (see 1893 map above).Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/321|title=Potomac Flats|work=Histories of the National Mall|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425164509/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/321|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/326|title=Potomac Flats Reclaimed|work=Histories of the National Mall|date=July 9, 1875 |location=Fairfax County, Virginia|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|access-date=2018-12-18|url-status=live|archive-date=May 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502101612/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/326}}
• {{cite journal|last=Gillespie|first=Brig. Gen. G.L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkEtAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1399|title=Improvement of the Potomac River at Washington, District of Columbia: Work of the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1901|pages=1399–1405|year=1901|journal=Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1901: Report of the Chief of Engineers, Part 2|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|access-date=2018-12-09|via=Google Books}}

File:1893 Detail Map National Mall.png|publisher=The Matthews-Northrup Company|year=1893|via=Library of Congress|access-date=2018-12-20|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220183351/https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3850.ct004454|url-status=live}}]]

File:McMillan Plan.jpg

In 1902, the McMillan Commission's plan, which was partially inspired by the City Beautiful Movement and which purportedly extended Pierre L'Enfant's plan, called for a radical redesign of the Mall that would replace its greenhouses, gardens, trees, and commercial/industrial facilities with an open space.{{cite book|editor-last=Moore|editor-first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ob7PAAAAMAAJ|title=The Improvement Of The Park System Of The District of Columbia: Report by the United States Congress: Senate Committee on the District of Columbia and District of Columbia Park Commission|place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1902|chapter=The Mall|pages=43–46|id=Fifty-Seventh Congress, First Session, Senate Report No. 166|via=Google Books}} Rick Olmstead, an original member of the McMillan Commission, played a crucial role in leading the team to restore and redesign the National Mall. Drawing from his deep expertise in landscape architecture, Olmstead guided the commission in creating a comprehensive plan that emphasized both historical preservation and modern urban design. He coordinated efforts with fellow members such as Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Charles McKim, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, ensuring a cohesive vision that integrated monumental architecture, expansive public lawns, and significant public art. Under Olmstead's leadership, the team meticulously planned the alignment of key monuments and the development of green spaces, establishing a blueprint that transformed the National Mall into the iconic and enduring public space it is today. His vision and dedication were instrumental in blending aesthetic appeal with functionality, ensuring that the Mall would serve as a central, unifying space for the nation's capital. The McMillan Plan. The plan differed from L'Enfant's by replacing the {{convert|400|ft|m}} wide "grand avenue" with a {{convert|300|ft|m}} wide vista containing a long and broad expanse of grass.

Four rows of American elm trees (Ulmus americana) planted fifty feet apart between two paths or streets would line each side of the vista. Buildings housing cultural and educational institutions constructed in the Beaux-Arts style would line each outer path or street, on the opposite side of the path or street from the elms.{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/mallpaavhistory.pdf |title=A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2009-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201054938/http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/mallpaavhistory.pdf }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/lenfant.htm |title=The L'Enfant and McMillan Plans |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2010-10-22 |url-status=live |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028221822/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/lenfant.htm }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/ |title=Washington, D.C.: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2009-10-27 |archive-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010001704/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/ |url-status=live }}

In subsequent years, the vision of the McMillan plan was generally followed with the planting of American elms and the layout of four boulevards down the Mall, two on either side of a wide lawn.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3851f.ct004566/?r=0.51,0.33,0.372,0.176,0|format=map|title=Public buildings in the District of Columbia|year=1937|lccn=87694424|oclc=16868951|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior : Branch of Buildings|access-date=February 24, 2021|via=Library of Congress}} (Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division)Satellite imagery of the National Mall in Google maps in {{coord|38.89|-77.023611|scale:6500|name=National Mall}} In accordance with a plan that it completed in 1976, the NPS converted the two innermost boulevards (Washington Drive NW and Adams Drive SW) into gravel walking paths. The two outermost boulevards (Madison Drive NW and Jefferson Drive SW) remain paved and open to vehicular traffic.

{{further|Temporary buildings of the National Mall}}

During World Wars I and II, the federal government constructed a number of temporary buildings (tempos) on the Mall, disrupting the area's planned layout. Most of these buildings were in two clusters: one near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the other on the National Mall (proper) in the vicinity of 4th through 7th Streets NW and SW.{{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/wartime|title=How has the federal government used the Mall during times of war?|work=Histories of the National Mall|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128084624/http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/wartime|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/washingtondc-randmcnally-1925|title=Rand McNalley Standard Map of Washington, D.C.|year=1925|via=Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (www.geographicus.com)|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206015116/https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/washingtondc-randmcnally-1925|url-status=live}}{{cite web|year=1946|title=Public buildings in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3851f.ct004565/?r=0.371,0.367,0.444,0.211,0|publisher=Federal Works Agency: Public Buildings Administration: Office of the Buildings Manager|location=Washington, D.C.|format=map|via=Library of Congress|lccn=87694427|oclc=1686895}}

File:Aerial view of eastern National Mall - 1913 to 1918.jpg buildings A, B and C and parts of their central power plant.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/331|title=World War I Temporary Buildings|work=Histories of the National Mall|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229174245/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/331|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|author=Harris & Ewing, photographer|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016854236/|title=Washington Monument. View of Mall From Monument|format=photograph|work=Prints & Photographs Online Catalog|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=February 22, 2021|quote=Date Created/Published: [between 1913 and 1918]}}]]

The United States entered World War I in April 1917.{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/wwi|title=U.S. Entry into World War I, 1917|work=Milestones: 1914–1920|publisher=Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211205817/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/wwi|url-status=live}} By 1918, a row of tempos designated from north to south as Buildings A, B, and C had stretched across the Mall along the east side of the former railroad route on 6th Street. The smokestacks of the buildings' centrally-located power plant were set apart to preserve the view of the Washington Monument from the Capitol building.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/m2.pdf|title=World War I tempos|work=Cultural Landscape Inventory|year=2006|pages=52–53|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date=February 25, 2021}} Soon afterwards, the government constructed Buildings D, E and F to the east and west of the row.

Around 1921 (when the United States and Germany signed the U.S.–German Peace Treaty, thus formally ending the war between the two nations),{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/paris-peace|title=The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles|work=Milestones: 1914–1920|publisher=Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222072944/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/paris-peace|url-status=live}} the government demolished Buildings A and B. The remaining tempos held offices of several agencies belonging to the Agriculture, Commerce, Treasury and War Departments for a number of years after the war ended.Multiple sources:

• {{cite book|author=Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KuUsAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Statement%20of%20Col.%20Clarence%22|chapter=Tuesday, February 1, 1921: Statement of Col. Clarence F. Ridley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KuUsAAAAYAAJ|title=District of Columbia Appropriation Bill, 1922: Hearings Before The Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Sixty-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 15130 ...|date=1920|page=209|oclc=671599351|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|access-date=February 21, 2021|via=Google Books}}
• {{cite book|chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d035913728&view=1up&seq=485|chapter=Activities Occupying Buildings Under the Office of the Superintendent: State, War and Navy Buildings: Mall Buildings|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d035913728&view=1up&seq=5|title=Reorganization of Executive Departments Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government, Congress of the United States, Sixty-Eighth Congress, first session, on S.J. res. 282, Sixty-Seventh Congress, a resolution to amend the resolution of December 29, 1920, entitled "Joint resolution to create a Joint Committee on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government." January 7 to 31, 1924 ...|date=1924|oclc=908076577|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|page=475|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2021|via=HathiTrust Digital Library}}

The government then slowly dismantled most of the tempos that had remained within the Mall (proper), removing the power plant and nearby buildings by 1936.{{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/331|title=World War I Temporary Buildings|work=Histories of the National Mall|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229174245/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/331|url-status=live}} Among those removed was Building C, which the government demolished between 1933 and 1936.{{Cite book |last1=Ives |first1=James E. |last2=Britten |first2=Rollo H. |last3=Armstrong |first3=David W. |last4=Gill |first4=W. A. |last5=Goldman |first5=Frederick H. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0txhXw5FgC&q=%22%22C%22%20Building%2C%20a%20%22&pg=PA10 |chapter=Part I: Origin and Nature of the Study: Locations of Stations Where Observations Were Made in the Present Study |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwbB8gdxClEC&q=%22Public+Health+Bulletin+No.+224%22&pg=RA2-PP3 |title=Public Health Bulletin No. 224: Atmospheric Pollution of American Cities for the Years 1931 to 1933 |date=March 1936 |publisher=United States Public Health Service, United States Treasury Department; United States Government Printing Office |pages=10 |language=en |access-date=February 21, 2021 |via=Google Books}}

By 1937, the government had removed all of the World War I tempos that had been within the National Mall (proper) except for Building E, thus largely restoring the Mall's central vista. However, another World War I tempo, which the government constructed south of the Mall in 1919 between 14th Street SW and the Tidal Basin as the Liberty Loan Building, remained standing in 2019 while housing the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Fiscal Service.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/gsa-properties/visiting-public-buildings/liberty-loan-federal-building|title=Liberty Loan Federal Building|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=General Services Administration|access-date=February 25, 2021}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/gsa-properties/visiting-public-buildings/liberty-loan-federal-building/whats-inside/liberty-loan-building-history|title=Liberty Loan Building History|date=September 5, 2019|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=General Services Administration|access-date=February 25, 2021}}
• {{cite web|first=Matthew B.|last=Gilmore|url=https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/one-last-tempo-liberty-loan-building/|title=One Last Tempo: Liberty Loan Building|work=Washington DC History Resources|date=December 3, 2018 |via=WordPress|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623075343/https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/one-last-tempo-liberty-loan-building/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|first=Matthew B.|last=Gilmore|date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208134732/http://intowner.com/2018/11/30/one-last-tempo-liberty-loan-building/|archive-date=December 8, 2018|url=http://intowner.com/2018/11/30/one-last-tempo-liberty-loan-building/|title=What Once Was One Last Tempo: Liberty Loan Building|work=TheInTowner|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=InTowner Publishing Corp.|access-date=February 25, 2021}}
• Coordinates of Bureau of the Fiscal Service Building (former Liberty Loan Building): {{coord|38|53|05.0|N|77|01|56.7|W|type:landmark|name=Fiscal Service Building (former Liberty Loan Building}}Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/temporary-war-department-buildings.htm|title=Temporary' War Department Buildings|work=National Mall and Memorial Parks|date=July 18, 2017|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212155436/https://www.nps.gov/articles/temporary-war-department-buildings.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last=Kelly|first=John|date=January 7, 2017|title=Answer Man remembers the 'temporary' office buildings that once blighted D.C.|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/answer-man-remembers-the-temporary-office-buildings-that-once-blighted-dc/2017/01/07/3f97674c-d2ab-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html|access-date=2021-02-21|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=November 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110085324/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/answer-man-remembers-the-temporary-office-buildings-that-once-blighted-dc/2017/01/07/3f97674c-d2ab-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html|url-status=live}}

File:WWIINavyBuildingsFromMonument.jpg. In the foreground, temporary buildings on the Washington Monument grounds house the Navy's Bureau of Ships. The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings stand to the right of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Temporary buildings to the left of the Reflecting Pool house the Navy's Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/places/washington-dc/main-navy---munitions-buildings/80-g-k-14433-navy-department-buildings--washington--d-c-.html|title=80-G-K-14433 Navy Department buildings, Washington, D.C.|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129113612/https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/places/washington-dc/main-navy---munitions-buildings/80-g-k-14433-navy-department-buildings--washington--d-c-.html|url-status=live}}]]

In 1918, contractors for the United States Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks constructed the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings along nearly a third of a mile of the south side of Constitution Avenue (then known as B Street), from 17th Street NW to 21st Street NW.{{cite book|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/about/library-history/main-navy-building.html|title=Main Navy Building: Its Construction and Original Occupants|publisher=Naval Historical Foundation|date=1970-08-01|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213045723/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/about/library-history/main-navy-building.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pl-usa/pl-dc/nav-fac/mn-mun.htm |title="Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings |publisher=Naval Historical Center |date=2001-09-22 |access-date=2010-03-16 |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915134427/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pl-usa/pl-dc/nav-fac/mn-mun.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite book|chapter=Chapter XXIII. Emergency Office Buildings, Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/activitiesofbure00unit/page/480|url=https://archive.org/details/activitiesofbure00unit/page/n8/mode/1up|title=Activities of the Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy Department: World War: 1917-1918|author=United States Bureau of Yards and Docks|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1921|page=480|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404032537/https://archive.org/details/activitiesofbure00unit|url-status=dead}} Although the Navy intended the buildings to provide temporary quarters for the United States military during World War I, the reinforced concrete structures remained in place until 1970. After their demolition, much of their former sites became Constitution Gardens, which was dedicated in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/coga/learn/historyculture/index.htm|title=History and Culture|work=Constitution Gardens|date=April 10, 2015|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=August 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828074544/http://www.nps.gov/coga/|url-status=live}}

During World War II, the government constructed a larger set of temporary buildings on the Mall in the area of the former World War I tempos, along the south side of Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets NW, on the west side of the Washington Monument grounds, along the entire length of the south side of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and between the Reflecting Pool and the Main Navy and Munition buildings on the Pool's north side. Numbers identified new buildings built on the Monument grounds, while letters identified the remainder. The government also built dormitories, residence halls and facilities for dining and recreation south of the eastern half of the Mall and within the part of West Potomac Park that lay south of the Mall's western half.{{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/58|title=World War II Temporary Buildings|work=Histories of the National Mall|location=Fairfax County, Virginia|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014944/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/58|url-status=live}}

The government progressively demolished all of the World War II tempos beginning in 1964. After the government removed the Main Navy and Munitions buildings in 1970, much of their former sites became Constitution Gardens, which was dedicated in 1976.

File:View of the Mall, District of Columbia, from the Washington Monument (3678166249).jpg

The planting of American elm trees (Ulmus americana) on the National Mall following the McMillan Plan started in the 1930s between 3rd and 14th Streets at the same time that Dutch Elm Disease (DED) began to appear in the United States. Concern was expressed about the impact that DED could have on these trees.{{cite book|last=Sherald|first=James L|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/ElmsoftheMonuCore_HistandMgmtPlan_122009.pdf|title=Elms for the Monumental Core: History and Management Plan|id=Natural Resource Report NPS/NCR/NRR--2009/001|place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Center for Urban Ecology, National Capital Region, National Park Service|date=December 2009|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214090516/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/ElmsoftheMonuCore_HistandMgmtPlan_122009.pdf|url-status=live}}

File:View of Lincoln Memorial from top of Washington Monument, WashingtonDC, USA - panoramio.jpg

DED first appeared on the Mall during the 1950s and reached a peak in the 1970s. The NPS has used a number of methods to control this fungal epidemic, including sanitation, pruning, injecting trees with fungicide and replanting with DED-resistant American elm cultivars (see Ulmus americana cultivars). The NPS cloned one such cultivar ('Jefferson') from a DED-resistant tree growing near a path on the Mall in front of the Freer Gallery of Art, near the Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle").Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|last=Flores|first=Alberto|date=June 13, 2006|url=http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2006/060613.htm|title=Jefferson Trees Resistant to Dutch Elm Disease|work=News & Events|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service|access-date=January 30, 2021|quote=In 2005, the newest American elm—named Jefferson—was released jointly by ARS and the National Park Service (NPS), after collaborative screening tests by Townsend and James L. Sherald, NPS Natural Resource Officer, showed it to have an outstanding level of Dutch elm disease (DED) tolerance. It was cloned in 1993 from the original tree, a survivor of about 300 elms planted on the National Mall in Southwest Washington in the 1930s.|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126191603/http://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2006/jefferson-trees-resistant-to-dutch-elm-disease/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|last=Bentz|first=S.E.|date=February 2005|url=http://www.elmpost.org/2005-02.htm|title=Mature American elm of variety "Jefferson," at the old Smithsonian building, Washington, DC|format=photograph|publisher=elmpost.org|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202204918/http://www.elmpost.org/2005-02.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|last=Sherald|first=James L|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/ElmsoftheMonuCore_HistandMgmtPlan_122009.pdf|title=Elms for the Monumental Core: History and Management Plan|format=photograph|page=38|id=Natural Resource Report NPS/NCR/NRR--2009/001|place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Center for Urban Ecology, National Capital Region, National Park Service|date=December 2009|access-date=August 4, 2020|quote=Fig. 33. American elm 'Jefferson'. Parent tree on the National Mall in front of the Freer Gallery of Art on Jefferson Drive, flanked on either side by trees vegetatively propagated from it.|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214090516/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/Studies/ElmsoftheMonuCore_HistandMgmtPlan_122009.pdf|url-status=live}}

The NPS has combated the disease's local insect vector, the smaller European elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus), by trapping and by spraying with insecticides. Soil compaction and root damage by crowds and construction projects also adversely affect the elms.

On October 15, 1966, the NPS listed the National Mall on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |url=http://planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=%2Fplanning%2Flib%2Fplanning%2Fpreservation%2Finventory%2F2009_alpha_version.pdf |title=The National Mall |work=District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites: Alphabetical Version |publisher=Historic Preservation Office, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia |year=2009 |pages=103–104 |access-date=2010-03-17 |archive-date=November 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104233021/http://planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=%2Fplanning%2Flib%2Fplanning%2Fpreservation%2Finventory%2F2009_alpha_version.pdf |url-status=live }} In 1981, the NPS prepared a National Register nomination form that documented the Mall's boundaries, features and historical significance.{{cite web|last=Pfanz |first=Donald C. |date=1981-02-11 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: National Mall |url={{NRHP url|id=66000031}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223101453/http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/66000031.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 12, 2017}}

From the 1970s to 1994, a fiberglass model of a triceratops named Uncle Beazley stood on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History. The life-size statue, which is now located at the National Zoological Park (the National Zoo) in Northwest Washington, D.C., was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the Sinclair Oil Corporation. The statue, which Louis Paul Jonas created for Sinclair's DinoLand pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, was named after a dinosaur in Oliver Butterworth's 1956 children's book, The Enormous Egg, and the 1968 televised movie adaptation in which the statue appeared.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=http://mallhistory.org/items/show/2|title=Uncle Beazley|work=Histories of the National Mall|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University|location=Fairfax, Virginia|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=April 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416065903/http://mallhistory.org/items/show/2|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9361~!0|title=Uncle Beazley on the Mall|work=Historic Images of the Smithsonian|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|year=1976|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815211422/http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9361~!0#focus|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|first=James M.|last=Goode|chapter=Chapter 12: Uncle Beazley|title=The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.: A Comprehensive Historical Guide|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|year=1974|page=260|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXLqAAAAMAAJ|isbn=9780881032338|oclc=2610663|access-date=2016-07-04|via=Google Books|quote=This 25-foot long replica of a Triceratops ... was placed on the Mall in 1967. ... The full-size Triceratops replica and eight other types of dinosaurs were designed by two prominent paleontologists, Dr. Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, and Dr. John Ostrom of the Peabody Museum, in Peabody, Massachusetts. The sculptor, Louis Paul Jonas, executed these prehistoric animals in fiberglass, after the designs of Barnum and Ostrom, for the Sinclair Refining Company's Pavilion at the New York World's Fair of 1964. After the Fair closed, the nine dinosaurs, which weighed between 2 and 4 tons each, were placed on trucks and taken on a tour of the eastern United States. The Sinclair Refining Company promoted the tour for public relations and advertising purposes, since their trademark was the dinosaur. In 1967, the nine dinosaurs were given to various American museums. This particular replica was used for the filming of The Enormous Egg, a movie made by the National Broadcasting Company for television, based on a children's book of the same name by Oliver Buttersworth. The movie features an enormous egg, out of which hatches a baby Tricerotops; the boy consults with the Smithsonian Institution which accepts Uncle Beasley for the National Zoo.|archive-date=June 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612163428/https://books.google.com/books?id=nXLqAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ZooArt/UncleBeazley/|title=A Dinosaur at the Zoo|work=Art at the National Zoo|publisher=Smithsonian National Zoological Park|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=June 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612081739/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ZooArt/UncleBeazley/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book |last=Butterworth |first=Oliver |author-link=Oliver Butterworth (writer) |title=The Enormous Egg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtIa1N0-Z78C |others=Illustrations: Louis Darling |location=Boston |publisher=Little, Brown and Co.|year=1956|isbn=0590475460|oclc=299175|access-date=2016-07-04|via=Google Books|archive-date=June 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612163428/https://books.google.com/books?id=wtIa1N0-Z78C|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/enormous-egg|title=About this book|work=The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth, illustrated by Louis Darling|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|year=2016|access-date=2016-07-03|quote=At first Nate doesn't see what all the fuss is all about. All he wants is to keep his new pet. But Uncle Beazley, the dinosaur himself, just keeps getting bigger and bigger...|archive-date=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831191835/http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/enormous-egg|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311075/|title=NBC Children's Theatre (1963–1973): The Enormous Egg: Episode aired 18 April 1968|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|year=2008|access-date=2016-07-03|archive-date=March 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309154701/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311075/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|first=F Gwynplaine|last=MacIntyre|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311075/|title=User Comment|date=2003-05-28|work=NBC Children's Theatre (1963–1973): The Enormous Egg: Episode aired 18 April 1968|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=2016-07-03|archive-date=March 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309154701/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311075/|url-status=live}}

In 2003, the 108th United States Congress enacted the Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act. This Act prohibits the siting of new commemorative works and visitor centers in a designated reserve area within the cross-axis of the Mall.Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 2003, in {{cite web|url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&do|title=Public Law 108-126, Title II (117 Stat. 1349 - 117 Stat. 1353)|date=November 17, 2003|access-date=2010-02-04|archive-date=February 26, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050226210642/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f%3Apubl126.108.pdf|url-status=live}}

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In October 2013, a two-week federal government shutdown closed the National Mall and its museums and monuments.{{cite news |first=Michael E. |last=Ruane |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-mall-visitors-may-face-barricades-instead-of-welcomes/2013/09/30/8935c22e-29ec-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html |title=During a shutdown, Mall visitors will see barricades, not landmarks |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2013-10-01 |access-date=2015-02-21 |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221215011/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-mall-visitors-may-face-barricades-instead-of-welcomes/2013/09/30/8935c22e-29ec-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html |url-status=live }} However, when a group of elderly veterans tried to enter the National World War II Memorial during the shutdown's first day, the memorial's barricades were removed.{{cite news |first1=Michael E. |last1=Ruane |first2=Debbi |last2=Wilgoren |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/visiting-veterans-storm-closed-wwii-memorial/2013/10/01/0fc2a376-2ab4-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html |title=Visiting veterans storm closed war memorial |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2013-10-01 |access-date=2015-02-21 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212200011/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/visiting-veterans-storm-closed-wwii-memorial/2013/10/01/0fc2a376-2ab4-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html |url-status=live }} The NPS subsequently announced that the veterans had a legal right to be in the memorial and would not be barred in the future.{{cite news |first1=Michael E. |last1=Ruane |first2=Mark |last2=Berman |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-park-service-to-keep-ww-ii-memorial-open-to-veterans/2013/10/02/bddb5678-2b8c-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html |title=National Park Service to keep WWII Memorial open to veterans, as visitors skirt shutdown |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2013-10-02 |access-date=2015-02-21 |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221213132/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-park-service-to-keep-ww-ii-memorial-open-to-veterans/2013/10/02/bddb5678-2b8c-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html |url-status=live }} During the shutdown's second week, the NPS permitted an immigration rally and concert to take place on the Mall.{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Gomez |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/08/government-shutdown-immigration-rally/2942257/ |title=Immigration rally allowed on Mall despite shutdown |newspaper=USA Today |date=2015-11-08 |access-date=2015-02-21 |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929001812/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/08/government-shutdown-immigration-rally/2942257/ |url-status=live }}

File:The National Mall viewed from the Lincoln Memorial.jpg

On December 8, 2016, the NPS listed on the National Register of Historic Places an increase in the National Mall Historic District's boundary to encompass an area bounded by 3rd Street, NW/SW, Independence Avenue, SW, Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, the CSX Railroad, the Potomac River, Constitution Avenue, NW, 17th Street, NW, the White House Grounds, and 15th Street, NW. The listing's registration form, which contained 232 pages, described and illustrated the history and features of the historic district's proposed expanded area.

• Washington City Canal, covered over by Constitution Avenue NW, 3rd Street NW, and SW and Canal Street SW (now Washington Street SW)
• Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, closed in 1907 when Washington Union Station opened
• United States Department of Agriculture Building, demolished in 1930
• Center Market, replaced in 1931 by the National Archives Building
• Armory Square Hospital/Armory, replaced in 1976 by the National Air and Space Museum
• Army Medical Museum and Library, demolished in 1968; replaced by the Hirshhorn Museum
• Temporary Main Navy and Munitions Buildings, built in 1918, demolished in 1970; replaced by Constitution Gardens
• Uncle Beazley, moved in 1994 to the National Zoo

In combination with the other attractions in the Washington Metropolitan Area, the National Mall makes the nation's capital city one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. It has several other uses in addition to serving as a tourist focal point.

{{further|List of rallies and protest marches in Washington, D.C.}}

File:View of Crowd at 1963 March on Washington.jpg on the National Mall facing east from the Lincoln Memorial]]

The National Mall's status as a vast, open expanse at the heart of the capital makes it an attractive site for protests and rallies of all types. One notable example was the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a political rally during the Civil Rights Movement, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech "I Have a Dream".

The largest officially recorded rally was the Vietnam War Moratorium Rally on October 15, 1969. However, in 1995, the NPS issued a crowd estimate for the Million Man March with which an organizer of the event, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, disagreed.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Leef|last2=Melillo|first2=Wendy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/10/13/if-its-crowd-size-you-want-park-service-says-count-it-out/0ec7dcf4-3206-48ee-b062-1459e4ddc28c/|title=If It's Crowd Size You Want, Park Service Says Count It Out; Congress Told Agency to Stop, Official Says|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=A.34|date=1996-10-13|access-date=2010-11-29}}{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Nukols|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7afad98b7d78423cbb5140fe810e3480/when-it-comes-inaugural-crowds-does-size-matter|title=Inaugural crowds sure to be huge _ but how huge?|access-date=2017-03-16|date=2017-01-18|work=The Big Story|agency=Associated Press|quote=IT STARTS WITH THE MILLION MAN MARCH ..... The agency still estimates crowd size for its own planning purposes, but does not publicly reveal the figures.
"No matter what we said or did, no one ever felt we gave a fair estimate," U.S. Park Police Maj. J.J. McLaughlin, who had been in charge of coordinating crowd estimates, said in 1996 when the agency confirmed it would no longer count heads.|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213034009/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7afad98b7d78423cbb5140fe810e3480/when-it-comes-inaugural-crowds-does-size-matter|url-status=live}} The next year, a committee of the 104th United States Congress provided no funds for NPS crowd-counting activities in Washington, D.C., when it prepared legislation making 1997 appropriations for the U.S. Department of the Interior.{{cite web |last=Regula |first=Ralph |url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=104_cong_reports&do |title=House of Representatives Report 104-625: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 1997, to accompany H.R. 3662 |page=28 |quote=The Committee has provided no funding for crowd counting activities associated with gatherings held on federal property in Washington, D.C. If event organizers wish to have an estimate on the number of people participating in their event, then those organizers should hire a private sector firm to conduct the count. |date=1996-06-18 |access-date=2010-11-30 }}{{dead link|date=March 2021}} Note: The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 1997 (H.R. 3662), was incorporated into the {{cite web |url=http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/legal/statutes/pl104_208.pdf |title=Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208, Sept. 30, 1996) |access-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527214636/http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/legal/statutes/pl104_208.pdf |url-status=live }}at 110 STAT. 3009-181.

As a result, the NPS has not provided any official crowd size estimates for Mall events since 1995.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news |last=Goodier |first=Rob |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a7121/the-curious-science-of-counting-a-crowd/ |title=The Curious Science of Counting a Crowd |work=Popular Mechanics |date=2001-09-12 |quote=For its part, the National Park Service tries to stay above the fray by not estimating crowd sizes. It stopped providing head counts after the organizers of the 1995 Million Man March accused the service of underestimating their crowd. |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-date=September 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905082431/http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a7121/the-curious-science-of-counting-a-crowd/ }}
• {{cite news |first=Dave |last=McKenna |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13036747/the-3-to-5-million-man-march |title=The 3 to 5 Million Man March: Crowd estimates could lead to post-swearing-in swearing, history shows |work=Washington City Paper |date=2009-01-16 |quote=Street hasn't been asked to come up with an official estimate for any D.C. event in a long while. And that 1991 manual is currently not used by his agency. Street and the Park Service, in fact, have been specifically barred by an act of Congress from divulging official crowd estimates—but only for D.C. gatherings. 'Ever since the Million Man March,' he says. 'That changed things.' |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919032911/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13036747/the-3-to-5-million-man-march }} The absence of such an official estimate fueled a political controversy following the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017 (see: Inauguration of Donald Trump crowd size).Multiple sources:
• {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html |title=With False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rift |last1=Davis |first1=Julie Hirschfeld |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Matthew |work=The New York Times |date=2017-01-21 |access-date=2017-03-15 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314181933/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html }}
• {{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Tim |last2=Parlapiano |first2=Alicia |title=Crowd Scientists Say Women's March in Washington Had 3 Times More People Than Trump's Inauguration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html |access-date=2017-03-14 |work=The New York Times |date=2017-01-22 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313210125/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html }}

On April 25, 2004, the March for Women's Lives filled the Mall.{{Cite news |title=Abortion activists on the march |date=2004-04-26 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3657527.stm |access-date=2009-06-08 |publisher=BBC |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924041103/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3657527.stm }} On January 27, 2007, tens of thousands of protesters opposed to the Iraq War converged on the Mall (see: January 27, 2007 anti-war protest), drawing comparisons by participants to the Vietnam War protest.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news|first=Ian|last=Urbina|title=Wide opposition to war energizes protests / Washington: Jane Fonda among celebrity protesters joining veterans, politicians in calling for end to war|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2007-01-28|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F01%2F28%2FMNGASNQDO81.DTL|access-date=2007-01-28|via=SFGate|archive-date=February 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219144357/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F01%2F28%2FMNGASNQDO81.DTL|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |first=Ian |last=Urbina |title=Protest Focuses on Iraq Troop Increase |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2007-01-28 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/washington/28protest.html?hp&ex=1170046800&en=defcbb536a8a2453&ei=5094&partner=homepage |access-date=2007-01-28 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530095540/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/washington/28protest.html?hp&ex=1170046800&en=defcbb536a8a2453&ei=5094&partner=homepage }}
• {{cite news |first=Deborah |last=Charles |title=Tens of thousands demand U.S. get out of Iraq |newspaper=The Star |date=2007-01-28 |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F1%2F28%2Fworldupdates%2F2007-01-28T093422Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-285278-1&sec=Worldupdates |access-date=2007-01-28 |archive-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211160052/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F1%2F28%2Fworldupdates%2F2007-01-28T093422Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-285278-1&sec=Worldupdates |url-status=live }}{{clear left}}

On June 12, 2018, the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals staged a rally on the Mall after parading through the city to celebrate the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship victory. Tens of thousands of fans reportedly joined the beer-soaked event.{{cite news |last1=Boren |first1=Cindy |last2=Allen |first2=Scott |last3=Larimer |first3=Sara |title=Capitals' Stanley Cup parade: Ovechkin's speech brings the celebration to a wild end |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capitals-insider/wp/2018/06/12/capitals-stanley-cup-victory-parade/?noredirect=on |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2018-09-09 |date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910060929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capitals-insider/wp/2018/06/12/capitals-stanley-cup-victory-parade/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}

{{further|United States presidential inauguration}}

File:Obama inaugural address.jpg on January 20, 2009, facing west from the Capitol]]

The American presidential inauguration is a momentous occasion that symbolizes the peaceful transfer of power and the beginning of a new chapter in the nation's leadership. Held at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the inauguration draws people from across the country and the world to witness this historic event. The Capitol, with its majestic dome and iconic architecture, serves as the backdrop for the ceremony. The Mall, stretching from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, becomes the gathering place for thousands of spectators who come to witness the swearing-in of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Days leading up to the inauguration are filled with anticipation and preparation. Security measures are heightened to ensure the safety of attendees and dignitaries. The National Mall, usually bustling with tourists and locals, transforms into a sea of spectators, eagerly awaiting the moment when the President-elect takes the oath of office. During presidential inaugurations, people without official tickets gather at the National Mall. Normally, the Mall between 7th and 14th Streets NW is used as a staging ground for the parade.{{cite news |first=Nikita |last=Stewart |title=Entire Mall To Be Open To Public |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120403719.html?hpid=topnews |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2008-12-05 |access-date=2008-12-05 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111112455/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120403719.html?hpid=topnews }}

On December 4, 2008, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (see: United States presidential inauguration organizers) announced, "for the first time, the entire length of the National Mall will be opened to the public so that more people than ever before will be able to witness the swearing-in of the president from a vantage point in sight of the Capitol."{{cite web|url=http://www.pic2009.org/pressroom/entry/open_inauguration/|title=National Mall Will Be Open to the Public on Inauguration Day|access-date=2011-03-14|date=2008-12-04|archive-date=December 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207144648/http://www.pic2009.org/pressroom/entry/open_inauguration/|url-status=live}} The committee made this arrangement because of the massive attendance – projected to be as many as 2 million people – that it expected for the first inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009.

Despite the arrangement, a throng of people seeking access to the event climbed and then removed temporary protective fences around the Smithsonian's Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, six blocks from the site at which Obama took his inaugural oath. Hordes then trampled the garden's vegetation and elevated plant beds when entering and leaving the event.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR2009032500925.html |title=For Smithsonian, a Sad Souvenir of the Inauguration |date=2009-03-26 |access-date=2010-03-23 |last=Higgins |first=Adrian |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=H.1 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111112504/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR2009032500925.html}} Others could not find a way to enter the Mall in time to view the ceremony. More than a thousand people with purple tickets missed the event while being stranded in the I-395 Third Street Tunnel beneath the Mall after police directed them there (see Purple Tunnel of Doom).Multiple sources:

• {{cite news |title=Ticket and Travel Troubles Cloud Inauguration Success |date=2009-01-22 |access-date=2009-01-22 |last1=Constable|first1=Pamela|author-link=Pamela Constable |last2=Sheridan|first2=Mary Beth|newspaper=The Washington Post |page=A01 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012104248.html?sid=ST2009012003386&s_pos= |url-status=live |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111093710/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012104248.html?sid=ST2009012003386&s_pos= }}
• {{cite news |url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Surviving-the-Purple-Tunnel-of-Doom.html |title=Surviving the Purple Tunnel of Doom: Ticketed parade goers stranded in tunnel |date=2009-01-21 |publisher=NBC Washington |access-date=2010-03-01 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814001613/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/surviving-the-purple-tunnel-of-doom/2092831/ |url-status=live }}
• Coordinates of Third Street Tunnel: {{Coord|38.8897468|-77.0143747|region:US-DC_type:landmark|name=I-395 Third Street Tunnel}} Terrance W. Gainer, the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, stated that it appeared that the stranding had occurred because there were more bulky people in coats than the event's purple section could accommodate.{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2009/01/officials_too_many_tickets_for.html|title=Officials: Too Many Tickets for Blue, Purple Areas|last=Sheridan|first=Mary|date=January 20, 2009|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 3, 2021|quote=Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance W. Gainer estimated that several thousand people with blue and purple tickets could not get into the designated sections.
  "It does appear that maybe there were more tickets in purple and blue than bulky people in coats would permit," he said.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518140205/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2009/01/officials_too_many_tickets_for.html|archive-date=May 18, 2019|url-status=dead}} The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies subsequently announced that ticket holders that were not admitted would receive copies of the swearing-in invitation and program, photos of Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, and a color print of the ceremony.{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/No-Consolation-Blocked-Ticket-Holders-Get-Parting-Gifts.html|title=No Consolation: Parting gifts for blocked ticket holders |last=Stabley |first=Matthew |date=2009-01-29|publisher=NBC Washington |access-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415080315/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/No-Consolation-Blocked-Ticket-Holders-Get-Parting-Gifts.html}}

The National Mall has long served as a spot for jogging, picnics, and light recreation for the Washington population. The Smithsonian Carousel, located on the Mall in front of the Arts and Industry Building, is a popular attraction. The Allan Herschell Company built the carousel, which arrived at Gwynn Oak Park near Baltimore, Maryland, in 1947. The carousel was moved to the Mall in 1981 and now operates seasonally.

A number of large free events recur annually on the Mall.{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416191840/http://traveltips.usatoday.com/activities-national-mall-washington-dc-105342.html |archive-date=2014-04-16|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/activities-national-mall-washington-dc-105342.html |title=Activities at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. |first=Jane |last=Gosford |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=2014-03-30}} A kite festival, formerly named the "Smithsonian Kite Festival" and now named the "Blossom Kite Festival", usually takes place each year on the Washington Monument grounds during the last weekend of March as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The event's organizers cancelled the 2020 kite festival, which they had earlier scheduled to take place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, March 28, because of concerns related the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.{{cite web|first=Fritz|last=Hahn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313190830/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/03/05/dc-coronavirus-tourism/|archive-date=March 13, 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/03/05/dc-coronavirus-tourism/|title=Coronavirus closes Smithsonian museums, cancels National Cherry Blossom Festival events|work=Going Out Guide|publisher=The Washington Post|access-date=March 14, 2020}}

An Earth Day celebration often takes place on the Mall around April 22.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-23-mn-22596-story.html |title=Thousands at National Mall for Earth Day |date=2000-04-23 |first=Matea |last=Gold |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2014-03-30 |archive-date=April 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416183044/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/23/news/mn-22596 |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Rachel|url=http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/EarthDayMall.htm|title=Earth Day on the National Mall|date=2008-04-20|access-date=April 19, 2012|archive-date=April 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410191725/http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/EarthDayMall.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/20/ST2008042002453.html |title=Raining on Her Own Parade: Earth Day Festival 'Great' Despite Mother Nature's Whims |last=Strauss |first=Valerie |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=B.1 |date=2008-04-21 |access-date=2010-02-25 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604184711/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/20/ST2008042002453.html |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902087.html |last=du Lac |first=J. Freedom |title=Talking a Green Streak: Music & Antics Lift Earth Day Concert, but Too Much Hot Air Drains Energy From Its Message |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2009-04-20 |access-date=2010-02-25 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604184724/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902087.html |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |url=http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/030e4694b4a5074d85257870005554b0?OpenDocument |title=APRIL 16-17: Join EPA for Earth Day on the National Mall |date=2011-04-12 |work=Newsroom |publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |access-date=2014-03-30 |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330221714/http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/030e4694b4a5074d85257870005554b0?OpenDocument |url-status=live }} A week-long series of rallies, exhibits, observances and performances occurred on the Mall from April 17 to April 25, 2010, to commemorate Earth Day's 40th anniversary.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://www.earthday.org/2010/03/11/earth-day-network-announces-the-climate-rally-in-washington-dc-on-april-25/|title=Earth Day Network Announces The Climate Rally in Washington, DC on April 25|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Earth Day Network|date=2010-03-11|access-date=2017-12-26|archive-date=December 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226064254/https://www.earthday.org/2010/03/11/earth-day-network-announces-the-climate-rally-in-washington-dc-on-april-25/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement |title=Earth Day: The History of A Movement |work=About Earth Day Network |publisher=Earth Day Network |access-date=2014-03-30 |archive-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208110837/https://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/ |url-status=live }} The final day's events featured performances by Sting, Mavis Staples, the Roots, John Legend and others.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/25/AR2010042503324.html|last=Richards|first=Chris|title=Earth Day Climate Rally features music, speeches and an assist from Mother Nature|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=C.1|date=2010-04-26|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110123802/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/25/AR2010042503324.html|url-status=live}}

File:Fourth_of_July_Washington_D.C._Washington_Monument_National_Mall_(52194788907).jpg fireworks display on the National Mall, July 4, 2022]]

The 2012 Earth Day rally, which featured music, entertainment, celebrity speakers and environmental activities, took place on the Mall during a rainy day on Sunday, April 22. Cheap Trick, Dave Mason, Kicking Daisies, Sting, John Legend, Joss Stone, the Roots, Mavis Staples, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Weir and the Explorers Club performed and Congressmen John Dingell and Edward Markey spoke.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |last=Bahrampour |first=Tara |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rains-dont-water-down-earth-day-enthusiasm/2012/04/22/gIQAQ1FjaT_story.html |title=Rains don't water down Earth Day enthusiasm |date=2012-04-22 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2012-05-04 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529072144/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rains-dont-water-down-earth-day-enthusiasm/2012/04/22/gIQAQ1FjaT_story.html |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.earthday.org/cheap-trick-dave-mason-kicking-daisies-and-explorers-club-to-perform-at-earth-day-rally-on-the-national-mall/|title=Cheap Trick, Dave Mason, Kicking Daisies And Explorers Club to Perform at Earth Day Rally on the National Mall|date=April 22, 2012|publisher=earthday.org|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207200445/https://www.earthday.org/2012/04/17/cheap-trick-dave-mason-kicking-daisies-and-explorers-club-to-perform-at-earth-day-rally-on-the-national-mall/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.wheelndealmama.com/earth-day-422-what-can-you-get-for-free/|title=Earth Day, 4/22: What can you get for FREE?: Washington, D.C.|date=2012-04-20|publisher=Wheel'n'DealMama|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616090252/http://www.wheelndealmama.com/earth-day-422-what-can-you-get-for-free/|url-status=live}}

In 2013, an "Earth Month" at Washington Union Station replaced the Mall's Earth Day event.{{cite web|url=https://www.earthday.org/2013/01/14/union-station-to-celebrate-earth-month-2013/|title=Union Station to Celebrate Earth Month 2013|date=2013-01-14|publisher=Earth Day Network|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207193838/https://www.earthday.org/2013/01/14/union-station-to-celebrate-earth-month-2013/|archive-date=2017-02-07|url-status=dead}} On April 19, 2015, a "Global Citizen" Earth Day concert featured performances on the Washington Monument grounds by Usher, My Morning Jacket, Mary J. Blige, Train and No Doubt.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|first=Shannon|last=Carlin|url=http://radio.com/2015/03/05/global-citizen-2015-earth-day-concert-no-doubt-fall-out-boy/|title=No Doubt, Fall Out Boy, Usher to Perform at Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day Concert|publisher=Radio.com|access-date=2015-03-16|archive-date=March 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316214440/http://radio.com/2015/03/05/global-citizen-2015-earth-day-concert-no-doubt-fall-out-boy|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/04/16/what-you-need-to-know-about-saturdays-global-citizen-2015-earth-day-rally-on-the-national-mall/ |title=What you need to know about Saturday's Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day rally on the National Mall |first=Rudi |last=Greenberg |date=2015-04-16 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2015-04-18 |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073741/http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/04/16/what-you-need-to-know-about-saturdays-global-citizen-2015-earth-day-rally-on-the-national-mall/ |url-status=live }}

The National Symphony Orchestra presents each year its National Memorial Day Concert on the west lawn of the United States Capitol during the evening of the Sunday before Memorial Day (the last Monday of May).Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=NMMEM |title=National Memorial Day Concert |publisher=John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |access-date=2012-05-24 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208090032/http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=NMMEM }}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert |title=National Memorial Day Concert |publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |access-date=2011-05-11 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619053914/http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/ }} The National Gallery of Art hosts a Jazz in the Garden series each year in the museum's Sculpture Garden on Friday evenings from late May through August.{{cite web|url=https://www.nga.gov/press/jazz.html|title=National Gallery of Art's Free Jazz in the Garden Concert Series Returns Friday, May 17, 2019|work=Jazz in the Garden|date=2019-03-29|publisher=National Gallery of Art|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814134126/https://www.nga.gov/press/jazz.html|url-status=live}}

Components of the United States Navy Band, the United States Air Force Band, the United States Marine Band and the United States Army Band perform on the west steps of the United States Capitol on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, respectively, during June, July and August.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=http://www.navyband.navy.mil/summer_concert_series.shtml |title=Summer Concert Series |publisher=United States Navy Band |access-date=2011-05-11 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427151032/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/summer_concert_series.shtml |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.navyband.navy.mil/sched.shtml |title=Performance schedule for The United States Navy Band for the Washington D.C. metro area, July and August, 2007 |publisher=United States Navy Band |access-date=2010-10-27 |archive-date=June 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630044031/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/sched.shtml |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.navyband.navy.mil/CBsched.shtml |title=The United States Navy Band Performance Schedule, August 2007 |publisher=United States Navy Band |access-date=2010-10-27 |archive-date=August 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817080048/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/CBsched.shtml |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.music.af.mil/Bands/The-United-States-Air-Force-Band/ |title=The United States Air Force Band events |publisher=United States Air Force Band |access-date=2010-05-07 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602145855/http://www.usafband.af.mil/events/index.asp }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.usarmyband.com/event-calendar.html |title=Event Calendar |publisher=United States Army Band |access-date=2010-03-01 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304113706/http://www.usarmyband.com/event-calendar.html }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/ncro/publicaffairs/summerinthecity.htm |title=2012 Summer Concert Series |publisher=National Capital Regional Office, National Park Service |date=2012-01-09 |access-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618113437/http://www.nps.gov/ncro/publicaffairs/summerinthecity.htm }}{{cite web |url=http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/calendar/index.asp |title=Calendar |publisher=United States Marine Band |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002095345/http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/calendar/index.asp |url-status=live }} The Marine Band repeats each Wednesday Capitol performance on the following evening (Thursday) at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument. Components of U.S. military bands also provide evening concerts at the World War II Memorial from May through August.{{cite web |url=http://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/news.php?st=sid9 |title=Free 2011 Summer Concert Series Schedule |publisher=Friends of the National World War II Memorial |access-date=2011-07-19 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117183717/http://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/news.php?st=sid9 |url-status=live }}

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival takes place on the Mall each year for two weeks around Independence Day (July 4).{{cite web|url=http://festival.si.edu/|title=Smithsonian Folklife Festival|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2018-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618043554/https://festival.si.edu/|archive-date=2018-06-18|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.festival.si.edu/explore-festivals/programs-by-year/smithsonian|title=Programs by Year|work=Smithsonian Institution Folklife Festival|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227142218/http://www.festival.si.edu/explore-festivals/programs-by-year/smithsonian|archive-date=2017-02-27|access-date=2017-06-12}} On that holiday, the A Capitol Fourth concert takes place in the late afternoon and early evening on the west lawn of the Capitol.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth |title=A Capitol Fourth |publisher=Public Broadcasting System (PBS) |access-date=2009-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105234322/http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/ |archive-date=2009-11-05 }} This and other Independence Day celebrations on and near the Mall end after sunset with a fireworks display between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Rachel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618125621/https://www.tripsavvy.com/fourth-of-july-fireworks-1039999 |archive-date=2018-06-18|url=https://www.tripsavvy.com/fourth-of-july-fireworks-1039999|title=Fourth of July Fireworks 2017 in Washington DC|work=Things to Do in the Washington DC/Capital Region |publisher=tripsavvy|date=2017-12-12|access-date=2018-10-29}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalmall4th/things-to-do.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625093956/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalmall4th/things-to-do.htm|archive-date=2018-06-25|title=Things to Do |work=Fourth of July, Washington DC, Celebration|publisher=National Park Service |date=2018-06-07 |access-date=2018-10-29}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614081451/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalmall4th/fireworks.htm|archive-date=2018-06-14 |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalmall4th/fireworks.htm|title=Fireworks |work=Fourth of July at the National Mall |publisher=National Park Service |date=2018-06-06 |access-date=2018-10-29}}

The National Symphony Orchestra presents each year its Labor Day Capitol Concert on the west lawn of the United States Capitol during the evening of the Sunday before Labor Day (the first Monday of September).{{cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=NMLAB |title=National Symphony Orchestra: Labor Day Capitol Concert 2012 |publisher=John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |access-date=2012-08-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208052032/http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=NMLAB |archive-date=2012-12-08 }}

File:MarianAndersonLincolnMemorial.png, facing east from the Lincoln Memorial]]

On April 9, 1939, singer Marian Anderson gave an Easter Sunday concert at the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) denied a request by Howard University for her to give an Easter performance at the DAR's nearby racially segregated Constitution Hall (see: Marian Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert). The event, which 75,000 people attended, occurred after President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his assent for the performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/anderson.html |title=Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson|publisher=Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum|access-date=2013-09-03}}{{cite book|last=Arsenault|first=Raymond|title=The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert that Awakened America|url=https://archive.org/details/soundoffreedomma00arse_0|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Bloomsbury Press|year=2009|isbn=9781596915787|via=Internet Archive|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323193445/http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/anderson.html|url-status=dead}}

The 1976 United States Bicentennial celebration provided the motivation for planning to accommodate large numbers of expected visitors to the National Mall. A number of major memorials were added to the Mall throughout that period.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/FEIS/Volume%201/5_The_Affected_Environment.pdf |page=263 |title=The Affected Environment |work=Final National Mall Plan/Environmental Impact Statement: The National Mall |year=2010 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2017-03-14 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304021445/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/FEIS/Volume%201/5_The_Affected_Environment.pdf|archive-date=2017-03-04}} On May 21, 1976, Constitution Gardens was dedicated.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/ConstitutionGardens_CLI_2008.pdf|title=Constitution Gardens: National Mall & Memorial Parks – West Potomac Park|work=National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory|year=2008|page=51|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2017-06-19|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619161919/https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/ConstitutionGardens_CLI_2008.pdf|url-status=live}} On July 1, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum opened.{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/about/history/museum-dc|title=Museum in DC|work=History|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2017-06-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706141805/https://airandspace.si.edu/about/history/museum-dc|archive-date=2016-07-06}} On July 4, the Bicentennial fireworks display on the Mall attracted one million viewers, making it second only to the 1965 presidential inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as the largest event in the Mall's history up to that time.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070305/http://www.politico.com/story/2008/10/largest-events-held-on-national-mall-015039|archive-date=2016-03-05|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2008/10/largest-events-held-on-national-mall-015039|title=Largest events held on National Mall|author=Politico staff|work=Politico|date=2008-10-28|access-date=2017-03-14}}

On Sunday, October 9, 1979, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass on the National Mall during a visit to Washington.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103070813/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-03-29-papal-visit_N.htm|archive-date=2012-11-03|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-03-29-papal-visit_N.htm|title=Public likely to see less of Pope Benedict than John Paul|newspaper=USA Today|date=2008-03-29|access-date=2015-01-03}} The celebration took place after an appellate court denied a motion for an injunction that atheists Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Jon Garth Murray had filed to prevent the event from occurring.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103193726/https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/613/613.F2d.931.79-2170.html|archive-date=2015-01-03|url=https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/613/613.F2d.931.79-2170.html|title=613 F.2d 931: 198 U.S.App.D.C. 198: Madalyn Murray O'HAIR and Jon Garth Murray, Appellants, v. Cecil ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior, et al.: No. 79-2170: United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit|publisher=Public.Resource.Org|date=1979-11-14|access-date=2015-01-03}}

From 1980 through 1982, the Beach Boys and the Grass Roots performed Independence Day concerts on the Mall, attracting large crowds.{{cite news|title=July 4: Day of Music, Parades, Fireworks|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1982-07-03|page=D1}}{{cite news|last=McCombs|first=Phil|date=1983-04-06|title=Watt Outlaws Rock Music on Mall for July 4|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=A.1}}{{cite news |last1=McCombs |first1=Phil |last2=Harrington |first2=Richard |date=1983-04-07|title=Watt Sets Off Uproar with Music Ban|newspaper=The Washington Post|pages=A.1, A.17}} However, in April 1983, Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt, banned Independence Day concerts on the Mall by such groups.

Watt said that "rock bands" that had performed on the Mall on Independence Day in 1981 and 1982 had encouraged drug use and alcoholism and had attracted "the wrong element", who would mug individuals and families attending any similar events in the future. Watt then announced that Las Vegas crooner Wayne Newton, a friend and supporter of President Ronald Reagan and a contributor to Republican Party political campaigns, would perform at the Mall's 1983 Independence Day celebration.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117074349/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Wayne_Newton.php|archive-date=2013-01-17|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Wayne_Newton.php|title=Campaign contributions of Wayne Newton|date=2012-01-16|publisher=NEWSMEAT by Polity Media, Inc.|access-date=2015-03-04}}

During the ensuing uproar, Rob Grill, lead singer of the Grass Roots, stated that he felt "highly insulted" by Watt's remarks, which he called "nothing but un-American". The Beach Boys stated that the Soviet Union, which had invited them to perform in Leningrad in 1978, "obviously .... did not feel that the group attracted the wrong element". Vice President George H. W. Bush said of the Beach Boys, "They're my friends and I like their music".

On July 3, 1983, thousands attended a heavily policed "Rock Against Reagan" concert that the hardcore punk rock band, Dead Kennedys, performed on the Mall in response to Watt's action.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|last=Smith|first=R.J. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022023148/http://www.deadkennedysnews.com/art020100.htm |archive-date=2002-10-22 |url=http://www.deadkennedysnews.com/art020100.htm |title=Punk Rock On Trial |work=Dead Kennedys News |date=2000-02-01 |access-date=2015-03-04 |quote=It was surely the biggest show of Dead Kennedys' career, and Ronald Reagan made it all possible. In 1983, one of his cabinet members canceled a fourth of July Beach Boys concert on federal grounds in Washington, D.C., fearing the band would bring the wrong element to the capital. The move looked like crackbrained politics on every level – the administration appeared painfully out of touch (banning the Beach Boys?), and the official who canned the show didn't even realize that the band was publicly down with the Reagans. This was political theater of the absurd, and it was therefore a place where Dead Kennedys felt exceedingly at home. The San Francisco foursome took action, putting together a punk-rock festival on the Mall, the expanse of lawn stretching between the Washington Monument and the Capitol building. They were goading the government to try to stop them. Instead, thousands of punks filled the grounds that day, and skinny DK's frontman Jello Biafra greeted them by comparing the Monument to a giant hooded Klansman. As he jumped around like an insane marionette to their ornery punkability, government helicopters hovered over the stage and D.C. cops nervously patrolled the edge of the throng.}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223202239/http://sites.google.com/site/livedeadkennedys/1983/19830703 |archive-date=2011-02-23 |url=https://www.sites.google.com/site/livedeadkennedys/1983/19830703 |title=1983-07-03 - Rock Against Reagan, National Mall, Washington, DC |work=Dead Kennedys Concert Guide |access-date=2015-03-04 }}
• {{cite news|last=Richards |first=Chris |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/dave-grohl-glancing-back-blasting-forward/2011/04/08/AFk5w02C_blog.html |title=Dave Grohl, glancing back, blasting forward |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-08 |access-date=2015-03-04 |quote=On a family trip to Illinois in summer 1983, Grohl's older cousin switched him on to punk rock – something that really clicked back home in July at a Dead Kennedys show on the National Mall. "There were cops on horses beating the [expletive] out of people. There were police helicopters." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512005827/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/dave-grohl-glancing-back-blasting-forward/2011/04/08/AFk5w02C_blog.html |archive-date=2015-05-12}} When Newton entered an Independence Day stage on the Mall on July 4, members of his audience booed.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=soE0AAAAIBAJ&pg=2280,5284705&hl=en|first=Tim (Associated Press)|last=Ahern|title=Newton concert goes off despite rain|newspaper=Gettysburg Times|page=7|date=1983-07-05|access-date=2010-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916161207/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=soE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=AegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2280,5284705&hl=en|archive-date=2013-09-16|url-status=live}}Multiple sources:
• {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SdcxAAAAIBAJ&pg=3000,2778153&hl=en|title=Newton Performance Dampened by Rain|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Reading Eagle|page=27|date=1983-07-05|access-date=2010-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916145946/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SdcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=muMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3000,2778153&hl=en|archive-date=2013-09-16|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|first=John|last=Katsilometes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101124433/http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/oct/30/newtons-recounting-1983-show-national-mall-telling/|archive-date=2009-11-01|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/oct/30/newtons-recounting-1983-show-national-mall-telling|title=Newton's recounting of Beach Boys controversy a telling moment in 'Once Before I Go'|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|date=2009-10-30|access-date=2015-02-04}} Watt apologized to the Beach Boys, First Lady Nancy Reagan apologized for Watt, and in 1984 the Beach Boys gave an Independence Day concert on the Mall to an audience of 750,000 people.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web |url=http://thebeachboys.com/timeline.aspx |title=Timeline |publisher=The Beach Boys (Capitol Records)|access-date=2010-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327214401/http://thebeachboys.com/timeline.aspx |archive-date=2010-03-27}}
• {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204112554/http://www.yuddy.com/celebrity/the-beach-boys/bio |archive-date=2008-12-04 |url=http://www.yuddy.com/celebrity/the-beach-boys/bio |title=The Beach Boys Bio |publisher=Yuddy |access-date=2012-04-19 }}
• {{cite news|first=Richard|last=Harrington|title=Back to the Beach Boys: Rock Returns to Mall For the Fourth of July; Beach Boys to Perform On the Mall July 4|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=B.1|date=1984-06-06}}

File:Britney Spears Navy.jpg performs during the "NFL Kickoff Live from the National Mall Presented by Pepsi Vanilla" concert, September 4, 2003]]

On September 4, 2003, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Aerosmith and others performed in a nationally televised "NFL Kickoff Live from the National Mall Presented by Pepsi Vanilla" (see: Pre-game concerts for National Football League kickoff game).{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030805005482/en/ |title='NFL Kickoff Live from the National Mall' Presented by Pepsi Vanilla Featuring Aerosmith, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Britney Spears and Others Thursday, September 4 |publisher=Business Wire |date=2003-08-05 |location=New York |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524105541/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030805005482/en/ |archive-date=2013-05-24 }} Preceded by a three-day National Football League "interactive Super Bowl theme park", the event had primarily commercial purposes, unlike earlier major activities on the Mall. Three weeks later, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation that, when enacted into law, limited displays of commercial sponsorship on the Mall.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130054222/http://www.savethemall.org/updates/20030923.html |archive-date=2012-11-30 |url=http://www.savethemall.org/updates/20030923.html |title=Message concerning passage of Senate amendment to HR2691, 108th United States Congress |publisher=National Coalition to Save Our Mall |date=2003-09-24 |access-date=2012-12-29 }}
• {{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ108/pdf/PLAW-108publ108.pdf|title=Public Law 108-108: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004|date=2003-11-10|chapter=Sec. 145|pages=117 Stat. 1280–117 Stat. 1281|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=2012-12-29|quote=SEC. 145. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act, hereafter enacted, may be used to permit the use of the National Mall for a special event, unless the permit expressly prohibits the erection, placement, or use of structures and signs bearing commercial advertising. The Secretary may allow for recognition of sponsors of special events: Provided, That the size and form of the recognition shall be consistent with the special nature and sanctity of the Mall and any lettering or design identifying the sponsor shall be no larger than one-third the size of the lettering or design identifying the special event. In approving special events, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that public use of, and access to the Mall is not restricted. For purposes of this section, the term special event shall have the meaning given to it by section 7.96(g)(1)(ii) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120049/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ108/pdf/PLAW-108publ108.pdf|archive-date=2014-02-02|url-status=dead}}

On July 7, 2007, one leg of Live Earth was held outdoors at the National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall. Former Vice President Al Gore presented, and artists such as Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed.{{cite web |url=http://liveearth.org/en/press/pressrelease/live-earth-special-broadcast-event-washington-dc-announced-al-gore-attend-garth-b |title=Live Earth Special Broadcast Event in Washington, DC Announced -- Al Gore To Attend; Garth Brooks & Trisha Eastwood To Perform |date=2007-07-06 |publisher=Live Earth |access-date=2009-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727041429/http://liveearth.org/en/press/pressrelease/live-earth-special-broadcast-event-washington-dc-announced-al-gore-attend-garth-b |archive-date=2011-07-27 }}

Occurring once every two to three years on the Mall in the early fall from 2002 to 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/history.cfm |title=Solar Decathlon History |work=United States Department of Energy Solar Decathlon |publisher=National Renewable Energy Laboratory |date=2010-10-25 |access-date=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704192942/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/history.cfm |archive-date=2010-07-04 }} the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon displayed solar-powered houses that competitive collegiate teams designed, constructed and operated.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810100022/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/about.cfm|archive-date=2010-08-10|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/about.cfm|title=About Solar Decathlon|work=United States Department of Energy Solar Decathlon|publisher=National Renewable Energy Laboratory|date=2010-05-07|access-date=2013-01-27}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106203027/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/572|archive-date=2011-01-06|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/572|title=DOE Announces Dates for U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011|work= Solar Decathlon News Blog|publisher=United States Department of Energy|date=2010-09-23|access-date=2011-09-12}} Igniting a controversy, the Department of Energy (DOE) decided to move the 2011 Decathlon off the Mall, claiming that this would support an effort to protect, improve and restore the park.{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/629 |title=Message Regarding the Location of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 |work=Solar Decathlon News Blog |publisher=United States Department of Energy |date=2011-01-11 |access-date=2011-01-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119064742/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/629 |archive-date=2011-01-19 }} Federal officials stated that heavy equipment that had placed two-story houses on the Mall during earlier Decathlons had cracked walkways and killed grass to a greater extent than had most other Mall events.{{cite web|last=Fears |first=Darryl |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/12/AR2011021203215.html |title=Students' solar-energy showcase is kicked off Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-02-12 |access-date=2011-02-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628220924/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/12/AR2011021203215.html |archive-date=2011-06-28 }}

On February 4, 2011, a Washington Post editorial criticized attempts to have President Obama restore the Decathlon to the Mall.{{cite web|author=Editorial |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020406593.html |title=Why the Solar Decathlon should forsake the Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-02-04 |access-date=2011-02-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112000232/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020406593.html |archive-date=2012-11-12 }} Nevertheless, by February 12, 2011, at least thirteen U.S. senators had signed a letter asking the DOE to reconsider its decision. On February 23, 2011, the DOE and the Department of the Interior announced that the 2011 Solar Decathlon would take place along Ohio Drive southeast of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in West Potomac Park.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/731 |title=Energy, Interior Departments Announce New Location for Solar Decathlon 2011 |work=Solar Decathlon News Blog |publisher=United States Department of Energy |date=2011-02-23 |access-date=2011-02-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228053617/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/731 |archive-date=2011-02-28 }}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304202236/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/pdfs/2011_map.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-04 |url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/pdfs/2011_map.pdf |title=Map: U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011: National Mall West Potomac Park |work=U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon |publisher=National Renewable Energy Laboratory |date=2011-02-23 |access-date=2013-01-27 }}
• {{cite web|last=Fears |first=Darryl |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022307849.html |title=Solar Decathlon houses now have a home on the Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-02-23 |access-date=2011-02-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629014409/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022307849.html |archive-date=2011-06-29}} The event took place in the Park from September 23 through October 2, 2011.{{cite web|last1=Brown |first1=Emma |last2=Eilperin |first2=Juliet |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/u-md-watershed-home-wins-solar-decathlon/2011/10/01/gIQAvtZUDL_blog.html |title=U-Md. 'WaterShed' home wins Solar Decathlon |work=PostLocal |publisher=The Washington Post |date=2011-10-01 |access-date=2011-10-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112142108/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/u-md-watershed-home-wins-solar-decathlon/2011/10/01/gIQAvtZUDL_blog.html |archive-date=2012-01-12 }} The 2013 Decathlon took place in Irvine, California, instead of Washington.{{cite web|first=Carol|last=Anna|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/2026|title=Solar Decathlon Dates Set for October 3–13|work=U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon|publisher=United States Department of Energy|date=2012-03-14|access-date=2024-01-13|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317051742/https://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/2026|archive-date=2012-03-17|quote=The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 will take place Oct. 3–13, 2013, at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.}}

From 2003 to 2013, the National Book Festival took place on the Mall each year in late September or early October.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2003/03-133.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033854/http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2003/03-133.html|archive-date=2014-01-13 |access-date=2014-01-12 |date=2003-03-14 |title=2003 National Book Festival to be Held October 4 on the National Mall |work=News Releases: News from the Library of Congress |publisher=Library of Congress |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113071108/http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/information|archive-date=2014-01-13 |url=https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/information |title=Festival Information |work=2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2014-01-12 |url-status=dead}} However, the event moved to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in 2014 because the NPS became concerned about the damage that pedestrians had inflicted on the Mall's lawn during previous Festivals.Multiple sources:
• {{cite news|last=Charles |first=Ron |date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109075524/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/national-book-festival-to-relocate-from-the-mall-to-the-dc-convention-center/2014/01/08/18327b12-78a2-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html|archive-date=2014-01-09|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/national-book-festival-to-relocate-from-the-mall-to-the-dc-convention-center/2014/01/08/18327b12-78a2-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html |title=National Book Festival to relocate from the Mall to the D.C. convention center |department=Style |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2014-01-12 |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029024031/http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ |archive-date=2014-10-29 |url=https://www.loc.gov/bookfest |title=Library of Congress National Book Festival |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2014-11-05 }}

A four-day exhibition took place each year on the Mall during Public Service Recognition Week (the first full week of May) until 2010. Government agencies participating in the event sponsored exhibits that displayed the works of public employees and that enabled visitors to learn about government programs and initiatives, discuss employee benefits, and interact with agency representatives.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=http://opm.gov/psrw/ |title=Public Service Recognition Week |publisher=United States Office of Personnel Management |access-date=2010-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423132302/http://www.opm.gov/psrw/ |archive-date=2010-04-23 }}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331200357/http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/exhibitors/index.shtml |archive-date=2010-03-31 |title=Public Service Recognition Week |publisher=Partnership for Public Service |access-date=2012-04-05 |url=http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/exhibitors/index.shtml }} However, the 2011 United States federal budget (Public Law 112-10), which was belatedly enacted on April 15, 2011, contained no funding for that year's event, forcing the event's cancellation.{{cite news|last=Harwood|first=Markie|url=http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110421/PERSONNEL02/104210303|title=Public Service Recognition Week events on National Mall cancelled|work=Federal Times|publisher=Gannett Government Media Corporation|date=2011-04-21|access-date=2012-04-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122213128/http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110421/PERSONNEL02/104210303|archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=dead}} The event did not take place in 2012.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419051330/http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/events/ |archive-date=2012-04-19|url=http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/events/|title=2012 Events|work=Public Service Recognition Week: May 6–12 |publisher=Partnership for Public Service|access-date=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead}}

On June 12, 2010, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, a couple under investigation for allegedly crashing a White House state dinner for the prime minister of India in November 2009 (see: 2009 U.S. state dinner security breaches), hosted an America's Polo Cup match between the United States and India on the Mall, charging $95 per person for admission.{{cite news |last=Tucker|first=Neely|date=2010-06-13|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/12/AR2010061204092.html|title=White House crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi hold polo event on the Mall|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=C.5|access-date=2010-06-15 |archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110192611/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/12/AR2010061204092.html|url-status=live|quote=It seemed controversial business as usual for the event's promoters, Tareq and Michaele Salahi. On federally owned turf, beneath a Washington sky, eight months after they crashed the Obamas' first White House state dinner, the embattled Virginia socialites found a way to put on what has become their signature event. .... The event's advertising put admission at $95 per person. .... The America's Polo Cup featured a match between the United States and India Saturday on the Mall, although neither government participated in the event. The event's Web site listed its key sponsor as Kingfisher Beer, whose chief executive said the company was not a sponsor.}} A spokesman for the Embassy of India stated that neither the Embassy nor the government of India had any association with the event. Reports of the event stated that the players who represented India were actually of Pakistani origin and were from Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.overoll.com/Content/White-House-crashers-Tareq-and-Michaele-Salahi-hold-polo-event-on-the-Mall-/2010/6/13/267201.news|title=White House crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi hold polo event on the Mall|quote=Polo players representing India, who say they are actually of Pakistani origin and are from Florida, pose for a picture.|work=Fashion|publisher=OverOll.com|date=2010-06-13|access-date=2010-08-30|archive-date=September 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917180411/http://www.overoll.com/Content/White-House-crashers-Tareq-and-Michaele-Salahi-hold-polo-event-on-the-Mall-/2010/6/13/267201.news|url-status=dead}}

File:Veterans Day concert on the National Mall photo D Ramey Logan.jpg

The inaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo took place on the National Mall and surrounding areas on October 23 and 24, 2010. More than 1,500 free interactive exhibits reportedly drew about 500,000 people to the event,{{cite news|last=Tamura |first=Leslie |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/25/AR2010102502482.html |title=Festival on the Mall challenges young and old to think scientifically |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2010-10-25 |access-date=2010-10-27 |quote=More than 1,500 free, interactive exhibits drew about 500,000 people to downtown Washington this weekend to learn about science, technology, engineering and math.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830110324/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/25/AR2010102502482.html|archive-date=2018-08-30}} which had over 75 performances.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021080637/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010festival/expo |archive-date=2010-10-21 |url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010festival/expo? |title=Science & Engineering Festival: Grand Finale Expo- October 23 & 24, 2010, 10am-5:30pm, Washington DC US |access-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=dead }} The second Expo took place on April 28–29, 2012, in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430040159/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/|archive-date=2012-04-30 |url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/ |title=Celebrate Science at the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival |work=USA Science & Engineering Festival |access-date=2012-04-06}}
• {{cite web|last=Stein |first=Ben P. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430081631/http://inside-science.blogspot.com/2012/04/usa-science-engineering-festival.html|archive-date=2012-04-30 |url=http://inside-science.blogspot.com/2012/04/usa-science-engineering-festival.html |title=The USA Science & Engineering Festival |work=InsideScience Currents |date=2012-04-27 |access-date=2012-05-26}}

On Veterans Day, November 11, 2014, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Rihanna, Metallica, Carrie Underwood, Dave Grohl, the Zac Brown Band and other pop entertainers performed on the Mall during a free evening Concert for Valor honoring veterans and their families. Attendance was in the hundreds of thousands, making it one of the biggest events on the Mall for the year.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news |last=Richards |first=Chris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731040923/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/springsteen-eminem-rihanna-and-more-to-perform-at-free-veterans-day-concert-in-dc/2014/10/02/97980e82-4a41-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html |archive-date=2015-07-31 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/springsteen-eminem-rihanna-and-more-to-perform-at-free-veterans-day-concert-in-dc/2014/10/02/97980e82-4a41-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html |title=Springsteen, Eminem, Rihanna and more to perform at free Veterans Day concert in D.C. |date=2014-10-02 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2016-03-29 }}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512093631/http://connected.giveanhour.org/show/concert-for-valor/wiki|archive-date=2015-05-12|url=http://connected.giveanhour.org/show/concert-for-valor/wiki|title=The Concert for Valor|work=Give an Hour Connected|publisher=Give an Hour|access-date=2014-11-05}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.theconcertforvalor.com/ |title=The Concert for Valor: Saluting American Veterans |publisher=Home Box Office |access-date=2014-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104025034/http://theconcertforvalor.com/ |archive-date=2014-11-04 }}
• {{cite news |last1=Schwartzman |first1=Paul |last2=Parks |first2=Miles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112073351/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/road-closures-metro-changes-as-dc-prepares-for-free-concert-for-valor-on-mall/2014/11/11/b6cad9a6-69a4-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html |archive-date=2014-11-12 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/road-closures-metro-changes-as-dc-prepares-for-free-concert-for-valor-on-mall/2014/11/11/b6cad9a6-69a4-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html |title=To honor veterans, Mall is the stage for a flag-waving night of patriotism, music |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2014-11-11 |access-date=2014-11-12 }}
• {{cite news |last=Richards |first=Chris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121034733/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2014/11/11/9ae0136a-69ee-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html |archive-date=2014-11-21 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2014/11/11/9ae0136a-69ee-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html |title=Concert for Valor review: For the troops on Veterans Day, rough-edged reverence on the Mall |date=2014-11-11 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2014-11-18 }}
• {{cite news |last1=Plater |first1=Roz |last2=Roussey |first2=Tom |last3=The Associated Press |author3-link=Associated Press |url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/11/-concert-for-valor-on-national-mall-draws-800-000-in-tribute-to-u-s-veterans-108935.html |title='Concert for Valor' on National Mall draws hundreds of thousands in tribute to Veterans |date=2014-11-11|newspaper=NewsChannel 8|access-date=2010-11-18 |url-status=live|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113084633/http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/11/-concert-for-valor-on-national-mall-draws-800-000-in-tribute-to-u-s-veterans-108935.html}}

The annual Screen on the Green movie festival took place on the Mall on Monday nights during July and August for 17 years until 2015. Free classic movies were projected on large portable screens and typically drew crowds of thousands of people. Organizers cancelled the event in 2016 when the event's sponsors (HBO and Comcast) terminated their support, stating that they needed their resources for other projects.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news|first=Rachel|last=Cooper|title=Screen on the Green 2015 in Washington DC: Free Outdoor Movies at the National Mall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610215553/http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/Screengreen.htm|archive-date=2015-06-10 |url=http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/Screengreen.htm|publisher=About.com|year=2015|access-date=2016-03-29}}
• {{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Sophia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511131039/http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/Screen-on-the-Green-Cancelled--At-Least-for-Now-378806431.html|archive-date=2016-05-11|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/Screen-on-the-Green-Cancelled--At-Least-for-Now-378806431.html|title=Screen on the Green Is Cancelled – For Now, Anyway|date=2016-05-10|work=NBC 4 Washington|publisher=NBCUniversal Media, LLC|access-date=2016-10-12}}

During October 2020, artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg installed 267,080 white flags within a {{convert|4|acre|ha|1|abbr=on}} site at the D.C. Armory Parade Grounds near Washington's Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to temporarily memorialize the lives lost in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news|first=Petula|last=Dvorak|date=October 22, 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-rippling-field-of-flags-in-dc-shows-covid-19s-scale/2020/10/22/915f59aa-147d-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html|title=This rippling field of flags in D.C. shows covid-19's scale|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030131442/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-rippling-field-of-flags-in-dc-shows-covid-19s-scale/2020/10/22/915f59aa-147d-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html|archive-date=October 30, 2020|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|last=Devadasan|first=K. P.|date=October 29, 2020|url=https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/in-pictures-art-installation-commemorates-american-lives-lost-from-virus-with-planting-of-white-flags-1.1603957027008|title=In Pictures: Art installation commemorates American lives lost from virus with planting of white flags|work=Photos|location=Dubai, United Arab Emirates|publisher=Gulf News|access-date=October 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124032755/https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/in-pictures-art-installation-commemorates-american-lives-lost-from-virus-with-planting-of-white-flags-1.1603957027008|archive-date=January 24, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://suzannefirstenberg.com/in-america-covid-19-white-flags-in-dc-suzanne-firstenberg/|title=In America: How could this happen .... : A Public Art Installation Honoring Loved Ones Lost to COVID-19|publisher=suzannefirstenberg.com|access-date=October 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917175516/https://suzannefirstenberg.com/in-america-covid-19-white-flags-in-dc-suzanne-firstenberg/|archive-date=September 17, 2021|url-status=live}} She recreated her memorial on the Washington Monument grounds during September 2021 when covering for three weeks a {{convert|20|acre|ha|1|abbr=on}} area with 700,000 white flags.Multiple sources:
• {{cite news|first=Natachi|last=Onwuamaegbu|date=July 15, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/15/flag-installation-on-mall-honors-covid-victims/|title=Hundreds of thousands of white flags to be placed on the National Mall to honor lives lost to covid|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923061859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/15/flag-installation-on-mall-honors-covid-victims/|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|date=September 17, 2021|title=COVID-19 victims remembered on Washington's National Mall with 650,000 white flags|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/covid-19-victims-remembered-washingtons-national-mall-with-650000-white-flags-2021-09-17/|access-date=September 19, 2021|website=Reuters|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920193630/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/covid-19-victims-remembered-washingtons-national-mall-with-650000-white-flags-2021-09-17/|archive-date=September 20, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|first=Vanessa G.|last=Sánchez|date=September 29, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/29/covid-flag-memorial-washington/|title=Covid-19 memorial in D.C. gives Americans a place to reconcile their loss|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 2, 2021|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003020038/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/29/covid-flag-memorial-washington/|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite news|first=Suzanne Brennan|last=Firstenberg|date=October 1, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/01/national-mall-covid-flags-explanation|title=Opinion: What the 700,000 flags I put on the National Mall really mean|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002231755/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/01/national-mall-covid-flags-explanation|archive-date=October 2, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.inamericaflags.org|title=In America: Remember|year=2021|publisher=In America Flags and Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg|quote=This art exhibition blankets the National Mall with over 660,000 white flags, showing the magnitude of our loss as a nation, while honoring each person who has died from COVID-19|access-date=October 2, 2021}}

From September 29, 2023, until October 1, 2023, the National Mall hosted the third global World Culture Festival, featuring performances from around the world and speeches from global leaders.{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/09/29/world-culture-festival-dc|title=World Culture Festival Will Go On As Planned|year=2023|publisher=Axios|access-date=October 1, 2023}}

From 2006 through 2010, the NPS conducted a public process that created a plan for the future of the National Mall. On July 13, 2010, the NPS issued in the Federal Register a notice of availability of a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the National Mall Plan.{{cite book|url=http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/FR%20Notices/75_FR_39969%20(Natl%20Mall%20EIS%20&%20Plan).pdf |title=Federal Register Notice: Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the National Mall Plan |last=O'Dell |first=Margaret |publisher=Government Printing Office. 75 FR 39969 (2010-07-13) |access-date=2010-08-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830062122/http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/FR%20Notices/75_FR_39969%20%28Natl%20Mall%20EIS%20%26%20Plan%29.pdf |archive-date=2010-08-30 }} The two-volume final EIS responded to comments and incorporated changes to a draft EIS for the Plan.{{cite web|title=Final National Mall Plan Documents |url=http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/FEISdocs.html |work=Enriching Your American Experience: The National Mall Plan|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior|access-date=2010-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828103713/http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/FEISdocs.html|archive-date=2010-08-28|url-status=live}}

File:National Sylvan Theater.JPG in 2011]]

On November 9, 2010, the NPS and the Department of the Interior issued a Record of Decision (ROD) that completed the planning process.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-salazar-signs-plan-to-restore-national-mall-in-dc-2010nov09-story.html|title=Salazar Signs Plan To Restore National Mall In DC|work=sandiegouniontribune.com}}{{cite web|last=Ruane|first=Michael E.|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/plan-to-restore-transform-mall.html|title=Plan to restore, transform Mall signed|work=Post Now: The Breaking News Blog|publisher=The Washington Post|date=2010-11-09|access-date=2010-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112112417/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/plan-to-restore-transform-mall.html|archive-date=2012-01-12|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|last=Babay|first=Emily|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/700-million-plan-to-revitalize-national-mall-set-in-motion|title=$700 million plan to revitalize National Mall set in motion|magazine=The Washington Examiner|date=2010-11-09|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313000825/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/700-million-plan-to-revitalize-national-mall-set-in-motion|archive-date=March 13, 2021|url-status=live}} The ROD contains a summary of the selected alternative, which is the basis for the Plan, together with mitigation measures developed to minimize environmental harm; other alternatives considered; the basis for the decision in terms of planning objectives and the criteria used to develop the preferred alternative; a finding of no impairment of park resources and values; the environmentally preferable alternative; and the public and agency involvement.{{cite web|author1=Salazar, Ken |author2-link=Jonathan Jarvis|author2=Jarvis, Jonathan B.|url=http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/FEIS/11-9-2010NAMA_FINALROD.pdf|title=Record of Decision: National Mall Plan/Environmental Impact Statement: National Mall, Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior|date=2010-11-09|access-date=2010-11-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129084552/http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Documents/FEIS/11-9-2010NAMA_FINALROD.pdf|archive-date=2010-11-29 |author1-link=Ken Salazar}}{{cite journal|last=Whitesell |first=Stephen E. |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-10-28/pdf/2011-27891.pdf |title=Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the National Mall Plan, National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, DC |journal=Federal Register|volume=76|number=209|pages=66960–66961|date=2011-10-28|access-date=2012-05-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201023811/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-10-28/pdf/2011-27891.pdf|archive-date=2012-12-01}}

The Plan proposed several changes to the Mall. The NPS would construct a vast expanse of paved surface in Union Square at the east end of the Mall to accommodate demonstrations and other events by reducing the size of the Capitol Reflecting Pool or by replacing the pool with a fountain or other minor water feature. Additional proposed changes included the replacement of the Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument grounds with a facility containing offices, restaurants, and restrooms, as well as the replacement of an open space near the east end of Constitution Gardens with a multipurpose visitor facility containing food service, retail, and restrooms.

On December 2, 2010, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) unanimously approved the final National Mall Plan at a public hearing.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=http://www.ncpc.gov/ncpc/Main(T2)/ProjectReview(Tr2)/CommissionArchive/CommissionActionsiframepages/Archive/2010/December2010Actions.html |title=National Mall Plan |work=Commission Actions: File Number 7060|publisher=National Capital Planning Commission|date=2010-12-02 |access-date=2012-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015144942/http://www.ncpc.gov/ncpc/Main(T2)/ProjectReview(Tr2)/CommissionArchive/CommissionActionsiframepages/Archive/2010/December2010Actions.html|archive-date=2011-10-15|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|last=Young |first=Deborah B. |url=http://www.ncpc.gov/DocumentDepot/Actions_Recommendations/2010Dec/National_Mall_Plan_Action_7060_December2010_.pdf|title=Commission Action: The National Mall: National Mall Plan: Washington, DC|work=File Number 7060|publisher=National Capital Planning Commission|date=2010-12-02 |access-date=2012-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002140602/http://www.ncpc.gov/DocumentDepot/Actions_Recommendations/2010Dec/National_Mall_Plan_Action_7060_December2010_.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-02}} The NCPC's approval allowed the NPS to move forward with implementation of the Plan's recommendations.

On March 1, 2012, the NCPC discussed a proposal that, when implemented, reduced the Mall's green space by widening and paving most of the north–south walkways that cross the Mall between Seventh and Fourteenth Streets. The project also replaced with gravel large areas of grass that were located near the Smithsonian Metro Station and the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden.{{cite magazine|last=Farmer |first=Liz |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716145156/http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2012/03/national-malls-grass-getting-trimmed-new-plan/328356|archive-date=2012-07-16 |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2012/03/national-malls-grass-getting-trimmed-new-plan/328356 |title=National Mall's grass getting trimmed in new plan |magazine=The Washington Examiner|date=2012-03-01|access-date=2012-04-11|url-status=dead}}

File:Constitution Gardens at National Mall & Memorial Parks (673ac0ac-cb92-4585-a0b7-d71e1d3cbdec).jpg in 2016]]

On September 8, 2011, the Trust for the National Mall{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmall.org/ |title=Trust for the National Mall |access-date=2011-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325103802/http://www.nationalmall.org/ |archive-date=2010-03-25|url-status=live}} and the NPS announced an open competition for a redesign of the spaces on the National Mall that Union Square, the Sylvan Theater grounds and the Constitution Gardens lake now occupy.{{cite web|last=Trescott |first=Jacqueline |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/competition-invites-redesign-of-three-spaces-on-mall/2011/09/01/gIQAU3r2CK_story.html |title=Competition invites redesign of three spaces on Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-09-08 |access-date=2011-09-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918074255/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/competition-invites-redesign-of-three-spaces-on-mall/2011/09/01/gIQAU3r2CK_story.html |archive-date=2011-09-18 }} Former First Lady of the United States Laura Bush agreed to be the honorary co-chair of a drive to raise funds for the three projects.

On April 9, 2012, the Trust for the National Mall announced the ideas for the redesign of Union Square, the Sylvan Theater grounds and Constitution Gardens lake area that finalists in the competition had submitted. The Trust asked the public to submit online comments that the competition jury would consider when evaluating each design.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205074635/http://design.nationalmall.org/design-competition/ideas|archive-date=2013-12-05|url=http://www.nationalmall.org/design-competition/ideas |title=The Ideas |work=National Mall Design Competition |publisher=Trust for the National Mall |date=2012-04-09 |access-date=2012-04-12 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|last=Diamonstein-Spielvogel |first=Barbaralee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209165354/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-barbaralee-diamonsteinspielvogel/national-mall-design-competition_b_1404405.html|archive-date=2013-12-09 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-barbaralee-diamonsteinspielvogel/national-mall-design-competition_b_1404405.html |title=Designing the Future of the National Mall |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=2012-04-09 |access-date=2012-04-12|url-status=live}} The Trust announced the winners of the competition on May 2, 2012. Groundbreaking for the first project was expected to take place by 2014, with the first ribbon-cutting ceremony by 2016.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507035032/http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/national_mall_design_competition_selects_the_three_winning_teams/|archive-date=2012-05-07|url=http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/national_mall_design_competition_selects_the_three_winning_teams/ |title=National Mall Design Competition Selects the Three Winning Teams |publisher=Bustler: Architecture Competitions, Events & News |date=2012-05-03 |access-date=2012-05-04|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last=Welton |first=Michael |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/mall-design-contest-winners-named/2012/05/02/gIQAAHIdxT_story.html |title=Mall design contest winners named to redo D.C. sites |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-05-02 |access-date=2012-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713202333/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/mall-design-contest-winners-named/2012/05/02/gIQAAHIdxT_story.html|archive-date=2014-07-13|url-status=live}}

The competition winners were as follows:

• Union Square: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol + Davis Brody Bond
• Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument Grounds: OLIN + Weiss/Manfredi
• Constitution Gardens: Rogers Marvel Architects + Peter Walker and Partners

On October 1, 2015, the NCPC approved the preliminary and final site and building plans that the NPS had submitted for the first phase rehabilitation of Constitution Gardens. Plans included the relocation and rehabilitation of the Lockkeeper's House, C & O Canal Extension, a new entry plaza at the corner of Constitution Avenue and 17th Street, NW, landscaping, a meadow and pollinator habitat and a new perimeter garden wall. A temporary path would connect to an existing plaza located at the eastern end of Constitution Garden's lake.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|author=National Capital Planning Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023202032/https://www.ncpc.gov/ncpc/Main%28T2%29/Media%28Tr2%29/News_Release_DOC/2015/NCPC_Approves_Constitution_Gardens_First_Phase_Rehabilitation_Plans_October12015.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-23 |url=https://www.ncpc.gov/ncpc/Main(T2)/Media(Tr2)/News_Release_DOC/2015/NCPC_Approves_Constitution_Gardens_First_Phase_Rehabilitation_Plans_October12015.pdf |title=NCPC Approves Constitution Gardens First Phase Rehabilitation Plans |work=Media Release |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Capital Planning Commission |date=2015-10-01 |access-date=2015-11-07 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|author=National Capital Planning Commission |format=video |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107172937/http://www.ncpc.gov/videos/449/c%3D1%26t%3D2m36s |archive-date=2015-11-07 |title=Constitution Gardens Rehabilitation, Phase 1 |work=National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, October 1, 2015) |date=2015-10-01 |url=http://www.ncpc.gov/videos/449/c=1&t=2m36s |location=Washington, DC |publisher=National Capital Planning Commission |access-date=2015-11-07 |url-status=live}}

The NPS began to implement the first phase rehabilitation of Constitution Gardens in 2017. A Park Service contractor moved the Lockkeeper's House, C & O Canal Extension, southward and westward away from Constitution Avenue, NW and 17th Street, NW while retaining the structure's east–west orientation.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|title=Constitution Gardens – Historic Lockkeepers House Relocation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627170701/https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/project/constitution-gardens-historic-lockkeepers-house-relocation/|archive-date=June 27, 2019|url=https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/project/constitution-gardens-historic-lockkeepers-house-relocation/|publisher=Wolfe House & Building Movers|date=October 2017|access-date=January 17, 2020|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627170917/https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/news/lockkeepers-house-moved-national-mall-dc/|archive-date=June 27, 2019|url=https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/news/lockkeepers-house-moved-national-mall-dc/|title=Lockkeepers House Move at the National Mall in DC|date=October 16, 2017|publisher=Wolfe House & Building Movers|access-date=January 17, 2020|url-status=live}} The NPS restored the building's exterior to the conditions that had existed before the building was modified during 1915 and earlier years. The NPS also replaced the structure's brick chimneys, thus restoring the building to its original 1800s appearance. The building reopened temporarily in late August 2018 and permanently on September 13 of that year.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmall.org/lockkeeper |title=We're Moving the Lockkeeper's House|work=Lockkeeper's House: Phase I of the Rehabilitation of Constitution Gardens |publisher=Trust for the National Mall|access-date=2017-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722235728/http://nationalmall.org/lockkeeper|archive-date=2017-07-22|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite news|first=Michael E.|last=Ruane|date=2018-08-29|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/29/nobody-famous-slept-here-but-the-old-stone-house-on-the-mall-has-endured/|title='No one famous lived here,' but the old stone house on the Mall has endured|work=Retropolis|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903213010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/29/nobody-famous-slept-here-but-the-old-stone-house-on-the-mall-has-endured/|archive-date=2018-09-03|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|last=Palka|first=Liz|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/historic-lock-keepers-house-reopens-to-the-public-on-the-national-mall/65-589268096|title=Historic lock keeper's house reopens to the public on the National Mall|date=2018-08-30|work=WUSA9|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217061245/https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/historic-lock-keepers-house-reopens-to-the-public-on-the-national-mall/65-589268096|archive-date=2018-12-17|url-status=live}} The structure now serves in its new location as an NPS education center.

From 2010 to 2012, NPS contractors rebuilt the aging Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which had first been constructed in the early 1920s and whose water had come from the pipes that supply Washington, D.C., with its drinking water. As a result of the project, the pool now receives filtered water from the Tidal Basin through a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|last=Ruane|first=Michael E.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112094338/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/shoring-up-support-for-lincoln-reflecting-pool/2011/05/10/AFPUcLkG_story.html|archive-date=2012-11-12|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/shoring-up-support-for-lincoln-reflecting-pool/2011/05/10/AFPUcLkG_story.html|title=Shoring up support for Lincoln reflecting pool|work=Post Local|publisher=The Washington Post|date=2011-05-10|access-date=2017-02-13|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|first=Tyler|last=Henning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095855/http://www.modernpumpingtoday.com/improved-filtration-revitalizes-a-national-treasure/|archive-date=2015-05-18|url=http://www.modernpumpingtoday.com/improved-filtration-revitalizes-a-national-treasure/|title=Improved Filtration Revitalizes a National Treasure|work=Modern Pumping Today|publisher=Highlands Publications, Inc.|date=April 2013|access-date=2017-02-13|url-status=live}}

The NPS then began a four-year restoration of the portion of the central axis of the Mall that lies between 3rd Street and 14th Street.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402085314/http://nationalmall.org/building/restore-improve/progress/completed-projects/turf-restoration-phase-i|archive-date=2016-04-02|url=http://nationalmall.org/building/restore-improve/progress/completed-projects/turf-restoration-phase-i|title=Turf Restoration - Phase I: Bringing the green back to the Mall|work=Restoration: Progress: Completed Projects|format=video|date=2017-01-26|publisher=Trust for the National Mall|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=2017-02-14|url-status=dead}} By 2016, the restoration project had completely replaced the deteriorated and weedy turf that had previously covered much of that part of the Mall with a new cover containing soil, fescue (Festuca) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714002348/http://dcist.com/2016/05/national_malls_turf_restoration_pro.php|archive-date=2016-07-14 |url=http://dcist.com/2016/05/national_malls_turf_restoration_pro.php|title=Greener Grass: National Mall's Turf Restoration Project Moves On To Final Phase|last=Sadon|first=Rachel|work=News|publisher=dcist.com|date=2016-05-04|access-date=2017-02-13|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006214156/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/once-barely-surviving-the-grass-on-the-mall-gets-a-serious-makeover/2016/09/19/c815b8d2-792b-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html |archive-date=2016-10-06 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/once-barely-surviving-the-grass-on-the-mall-gets-a-serious-makeover/2016/09/19/c815b8d2-792b-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html|title=Once barely surviving, the grass on the Mall gets a serious makeover|last=Higgins|first=Adrian |work=Home & Garden |publisher=The Washington Post|date=2016-09-20|access-date=2017-02-13|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219005015/http://nationalmall.org/turf-phaseii|archive-date=2015-02-19|url=http://nationalmall.org/turf-phaseii |title=Turf Restoration - Phase II: A more sustainable, greener National Mall|work=Restoration: Completed Projects |publisher=Trust for the National Mall|format=video |location=Washington, D.C.|date=2017-02-14|access-date=2017-02-14|url-status=dead}}

File:DC 23 1 (6633835613).jpg|Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before reconstruction (April 2010)

File:DC monument view from Lincoln memorial.jpg|Pool after reconstruction (May 2016)

File:Mall construction 090658.jpg|Axis undergoing restoration (October 2015)

File:National Mall in DC.jpg|Axis after restoration (September 2016)

{{See also|Transportation in Washington, D.C.}}

File:WMATA Smithsonian.jpg of the Washington Metro in 2021]]

The National Mall is accessible via the Washington Metro, with the Smithsonian station located on the south side of the Mall, near the Smithsonian Institution Building between the Washington Monument and the United States Capitol.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308054319/http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/publictransportation.htm|archive-date=March 8, 2021|url=http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/publictransportation.htm|title=Public Transportation |work=National Mall, District of Columbia|date=February 7, 2018|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 14, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/smithsonian.cfm|title=Smithsonian Station|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201030258/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/smithsonian.cfm|archive-date=December 1, 2020|url-status=live}} The Federal Triangle, Archives, Judiciary Square and Union Station Metro stations are also located near the Mall, to the north.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119183821/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/federal-triangle.cfm|archive-date=January 19, 2021|url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/federal-triangle.cfm|title=Federal Triangle Station|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=March 14, 2012|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/archives.cfm|title=Archives–Navy Memorial–Penn Quarter Station|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227120404/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/archives.cfm|archive-date=February 27, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/union-station.cfm|title=Union Station|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117182256/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/union-station.cfm|archive-date=January 17, 2021|url-status=live}} The L'Enfant Plaza, Federal Center Southwest and Capitol South Metro stations are located several blocks south of the Mall.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/lenfant-plaza.cfm|title=L'Enfant Plaza Station |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201021635/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/lenfant-plaza.cfm|archive-date=December 1, 2020|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/federal-ctr-sw.cfm|title=Federal Center SW Station |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202041429/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/federal-ctr-sw.cfm|archive-date=December 2, 2020|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/capitol-south.cfm|title=Capitol South Station|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107202745/https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/capitol-south.cfm|archive-date=November 7, 2020|url-status=live}} Metrobus and the DC Circulator make scheduled stops near the Mall.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/0_WMA_MAG_DC_21x34_200525.pdf|title=Central Washington, DC, Map|work=Metrobus Route Map: Washington, DC|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=August 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825075445/https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/0_WMA_MAG_DC_21x34_200525.pdf|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.dccirculator.com/explore/where-we-go/national-mall/|title=National Mall|work=Circulator Route Map|publisher=DC Circulator|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=August 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825080326/https://www.dccirculator.com/explore/where-we-go/national-mall/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413023049/https://www.dccirculator.com/getting-around-dc-faq/|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url=https://www.dccirculator.com/getting-around-dc-faq/|title=The National Mall Route FAQs: DC Circulator - National Mall Service|publisher=DC Circulator|access-date=August 25, 2020|url-status=live}}

The NPS provides parking facilities for bicycles near each of the major memorials as well as along the National Mall.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/bicyclinginformation.htm|title=Bicycling Information for National Mall|date=September 22, 2015|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2010-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302160301/http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/bicyclinginformation.htm |archive-date=2010-03-02|url-status=live}} From March to October, an NPS concessionaire rents out bicycles at the Thompson Boat Center, located near the intersection of Virginia Avenue NW and Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, {{convert|1|mi|km}} north of the Lincoln Memorial along the Potomac River-Rock Creek Trail.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://boatingindc.com/boathouses/thompson-boat-center/|title=Thompson Boat Center|year=2021|publisher=Guest Services, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314175103/https://boatingindc.com/boathouses/thompson-boat-center/|archive-date=March 14, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://boatingindc.com/activities/quad-pedal-boat-3-2-2/|title=Biking (D.C.)|publisher=Guest Services, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314181800/https://boatingindc.com/activities/quad-pedal-boat-3-2-2/|url-status=dead}}
• Coordinates of Thompson Boat Center: {{Coord|38.9003057|-77.0580733|region:US-DC_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Thompson Boat Center}} The first two of five approved Capital Bikeshare stations opened on the National Mall on March 16, 2012, shortly before the start of the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival.{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Berman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/capital-bikeshare-stations-open-on-the-mall/2012/03/16/gIQA5uAlGS_blog.html|title=Capital Bikeshare stations open on the Mall|work=Post Local: Dr. Gridlock |publisher=The Washington Post |date=2012-03-16|access-date=2012-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615051235/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/capital-bikeshare-stations-open-on-the-mall/2012/03/16/gIQA5uAlGS_blog.html |archive-date=2012-06-15|url-status=live}}

The National Mall is the official midpoint of the East Coast Greenway, a 2,900 mile–long system of shared-use bicycle trails linking Calais, Maine, with Key West, Florida.Multiple sources:

• {{cite news|first=Harry|last=Jaffe|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/national-mall-marked-as-midpoint-of-national-bike-trail|date=August 31, 2008|title=National Mall marked as midpoint of national bike trail|work=Washington Examiner|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314183724/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/national-mall-marked-as-midpoint-of-national-bike-trail|archive-date=March 14, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314175732/https://www.greenway.org/states/washington-d-c|archive-date=March 14, 2021|url=https://www.greenway.org/states/washington-d-c|title=Washington, D.C.|work=East Coast Greenway|year=2016|access-date=March 14, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108013549/http://www.greenway.org/about-the-greenway|title=About the Greenway|work=East Coast Greenway|year=2015|access-date=July 1, 2016|quote=The East Coast Greenway, conceived in 1991, is the nation's most ambitious long-distance urban trail. By connecting existing and planned shared-use trails, a continuous, traffic-free route is being formed, serving self-powered users of all abilities and ages. At 2,900 miles long, the Greenway links Calais, Maine, at the Canadian border, with Key West, Florida. Alternate routes add another 2,000 miles to the ECG trail system.|archive-date=2015-11-08|url=http://www.greenway.org/about-the-greenway|url-status=dead}}

The use of an electric scooter or a Segway falls under the NPS definition of recreational use of a self-propelled vehicle. People without identified disabilities can only use such vehicles on park roadways. NPS rules, therefore, prohibit people without disabilities from using electric scooters and Segways on sidewalks and paths within the National Mall and its memorials.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://schar.gmu.edu/sites/default/files/prospective-students/Masters-Programs/Mason_TPOL_National_Mall_Report.pdf|title=Services for Disabled Visitors|work=A Review of Access and Circulation on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.|page=31|location=Arlington County, Virginia|publisher=George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government|date=2008-05-07|access-date=2019-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905155422/https://schar.gmu.edu/sites/default/files/prospective-students/Masters-Programs/Mason_TPOL_National_Mall_Report.pdf|archive-date=September 5, 2019|quote=Persons with disabilities are permitted to use such devices as Segway HTs and electric scooters on all National Park roads, sidewalks, and trails. These mobility-assisting devices are also permitted within all park facilities, including memorials and monuments. However, for visitors with limited mobility but no identified disability, the use of these devices falls under the definition of recreational use of a self-propelled vehicle and can only be used on park roadways.|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=182c37da8eb0335aeaf1f587948126b2&mc=true&node=se36.1.1_14&rgn=div8|title=§ 1.4 What terms do I need to know?|work=Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR): Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Prioperty|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|date=2019-09-03|access-date=2019-09-05|quote=Motor vehicle means every vehicle that is self-propelled and every vehicle that is propelled by electric power, but not operated on rails or upon water, except a snowmobile and a motorized wheelchair. ... Vehicle means every device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on land, except snowmobiles and devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or track.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706042745/https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=10c6cb9466cbea6dc9e705e681b7e4f4&mc=true&node=se36.1.1_14&rgn=div8|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.triphacksdc.com/scooters-in-dc/|title=Rules for riding scooters in DC|work=DC TripHacks: Scooters in DC: Things you Should Know|publisher=Trip Hacks Travel LLC|year=2019|access-date=2019-09-05|quote=3. You can't end your trip outside of the company's service area:
  The National Mall is not part of the service areas. This is important because many visitors see the scooters and consider them a great way to see the monuments and memorials. However, be careful! Some scooter companies will charge you a hefty fine if you end your ride on the National Mall. Others might not even allow you to end a trip at all until you leave the area.
  If you do plan to break this one, don't ride the scooters in the memorials. It is not just illegal but it's totally disrespectful and obnoxious, especially the war memorials.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905160650/https://www.triphacksdc.com/scooters-in-dc/|archive-date=September 5, 2019|url-status=live}}

Several companies rent out electric scooters within the District of Columbia. However, the National Mall is outside of those companies' service areas. Some such companies, therefore, charge fines for people who end their rides on the Mall. Others do not allow people to end their trips until they have left the area.

The NPS licenses pedicab drivers to provide transportation and tours of the National Mall through its Commercial Use Authorization program.{{cite web|url=https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=41383|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309085518/http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=41383|archive-date=2013-03-09|title=Issue Commercial Use Authorization for pedicabs|work=National Mall and Memorial Parks|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2015-11-06|url-status=live}}

File:Food trucks next to national mall.jpg

General visitor parking is available along Ohio Drive SW, between the Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson Memorials. Bus parking is available primarily along Ohio Drive, SW, near the Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson Memorials, and along Ohio Drive SW, in East Potomac Park. There is limited handicapped parking at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt and World War II Memorials and near the Washington Monument and the Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln, Korean War Veterans, and Vietnam Veterans Memorials; otherwise, parking is extremely scarce in and near the Mall.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/parking.htm|title=Parking|work=Plan Your Visit|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service: National Mall and Memorial Parks|access-date=2017-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505075055/https://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/parking.htm|archive-date=2017-05-05|url-status=live}}

In April 2017, the NPS awarded a contract for the installation of parking meters on streets and in parking areas on the Mall. On June 12, 2017, the NPS and the District of Columbia Department of Public Works began to enforce metered parking on approximately 1,100 parking spaces in which motorists could previously park without charge.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/news/parking-meters.htm|title=Contract Awarded for Metered Parking Along the National Mall|date=2017-04-14|publisher=National Park Service: National Mall and Memorial Parks|access-date=2017-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529184357/https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/news/parking-meters.htm|archive-date=2017-05-29|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mall-to-stop-being-land-of-free-parking-meters-coming/2017/04/14/b3ebf0ea-2184-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html|title=Mall to stop being 'land of free' parking; meters coming|last=Weill|first=Martin|date=2017-04-14|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420121914/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mall-to-stop-being-land-of-free-parking-meters-coming/2017/04/14/b3ebf0ea-2184-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html|archive-date=2017-04-20|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/parking-meter-faq.htm|title=Parking Meter FAQ|work=Plan Your Visit|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Park Service: National Mall and Memorial Parks|access-date=2017-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505075058/https://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/parking-meter-faq.htm|archive-date=2017-05-05|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last=Augenstein|first=Neal|url=http://wtop.com/dc/2017/06/paid-parking-national-mall-begins-monday/|title=Paid parking on the National Mall begins Monday|date=2017-06-08|publisher=WTOP|access-date=2017-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710202906/http://wtop.com/dc/2017/06/paid-parking-national-mall-begins-monday/|archive-date=2017-07-10|url-status=live}}

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On July 16, 2016, speakers and musicians participated in a gathering of thousands of evangelicals during a Together 2016 rally on the Mall.{{cite news|first1=Julie|last1=Zauzmer|first2=Kirkland|last2=An|first3=Michelle|last3=Boorstein|date=July 16, 2016|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/07/16/major-evangelical-revival-aims-to-uplift-traditional-christians-with-rap-rock-and-prayer/|title='God break racism!' Evangelicals on D.C. Mall pray for hope and reconciliation|work=Acts of Faith|publisher=The Washington Post|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718232826/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/07/16/major-evangelical-revival-aims-to-uplift-traditional-christians-with-rap-rock-and-prayer/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Lyndsey|last=Koh|date=August 2, 2016|url=https://www.mnnonline.org/news/together-2016-unites-millennials-spiritual-reset/|title=Together 2016 unites millennials for spiritual 'reset'|publisher=Mission Network News|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803201857/https://www.mnnonline.org/news/together-2016-unites-millennials-spiritual-reset/|url-status=live}} Although the event was originally scheduled to conclude at 9 p.m., it ended at 4 p.m. due to excessive heat. Officers reportedly responded to 350 medical calls for heat-related injuries. The large number of people who lost consciousness because of heat syncope overwhelmed emergency medical technicians.{{cite web|first=Dick|date=July 16, 2016|last=Uliano|title=Together 2016 shut down early due to heat|url=https://wtop.com/dc/2016/07/police-together-2016-event-shut-down-early-due-to-heat/|department=Washington, DC, News|publisher=WTOP News|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805142437/https://wtop.com/dc/2016/07/police-together-2016-event-shut-down-early-due-to-heat/|url-status=live}}

On July 1, 2021, an EF1 tornado formed in Arlington County, Virginia at 8:59 p.m., crossed the Potomac River near the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, and traveled eastward along the National Mall before dissipating near 16th Street NW and Constitution Avenue south of the White House and The Ellipse, {{convert|4.4|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from where it had started. Its maximum winds were {{convert|90|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, and it was as wide as {{convert|125|yd}}. The National Weather Service reported that wind damage to trees on the Mall "was prominent from 23rd St NW east for {{convert|0.75|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} to near 16th Street NW south of The Ellipse". The weather service stated that the tornado lifted up and twisted temporary fencing installed on the Mall for the upcoming July 4 Independence Day celebration. The fencing landed in a "mangled and haphazard manner" before the twister dissipated at 9:05 p.m.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web|last=Dildine|first=Dave|date=July 1, 2021|url=https://twitter.com/DildineWTOP/status/1410772833135960076|title=Storm activity and damage on National Mall and vicinity|format=images and videos|via=Twitter|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702014851/https://twitter.com/DildineWTOP/status/1410772833135960076|archive-date=July 2, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202107022328-KLWX-NOUS41-PNSLWX|title=Public Information Statement|work=NOAA's National Weather Service: NWSChat|date=July 2, 2021|location=Silver Spring, Maryland|publisher=United States Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: National Weather Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703000738/https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202107022328-KLWX-NOUS41-PNSLWX|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 3, 2021|url-status=live|quote=NWS damage survey for 07/01/21 confirms two tornados .... A supercell thunderstorm produced two tornadoes in Arlington VA and Washington DC during the mid evening hours of Thursday, July 1st, 2021. ....}}
• {{cite news|last1=Halverson|first1=Jeff|last2=Samenow|first2=Jason|last3=Livingston|first3=Ian|date=July 2, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/07/02/dc-tornado-damage-explanation/|title=How two tornadoes touched down between Arlington and the District on Thursday night|work=Capital Weather Gang|publisher=The Washington Post|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702214003/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/07/02/dc-tornado-damage-explanation/|archive-date=July 2, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|first1=Laura|last1=Wainman|first2=Jordan|last2=Fischer|first3=Miri|last3=Marshall|first4=Brielle|last4=Ashford|date=July 3, 2021|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/tornadoes-in-dc-national-weather-service/65-9d83576a-abd6-4b44-a670-b98f49bb97e9|title=NWS: Tornadoes touched down in Arlington and DC|publisher=WUSA9|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703230219/https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/tornadoes-in-dc-national-weather-service/65-9d83576a-abd6-4b44-a670-b98f49bb97e9|archive-date=July 3, 2021|url-status=live}}

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The National Mall is a common backdrop and setting for films, television shows, and other forms of media. The Mall is the setting for a famous scene in Forrest Gump, in which Forrest gives a speech during the 1967 March on the Pentagon at the Lincoln Memorial. The film National Treasure is set on and around the National Mall. The Mall is also a common setting in several superhero movies. Spider-Man: Homecoming, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Wonder Woman 1984 all have prominent scenes on the Mall. The comedic film Wedding Crashers is set in Washington, D.C., and has scenes on the Mall. Additionally, the mall is a common feature of the Netflix series House of Cards. The Mall is also a setting of season three, episode three of the show Family Guy, as well as season 17, episode 11 of the show, nicknamed "Trump Guy".

News organisations that present live coverage or recorded programs from Washington often use the Mall as a backdrop.

File:South National Mall Washington DC 1863.jpg|1863 photograph of the National Mall and vicinity during the Civil War, looking west towards the U.S. Botanical Garden, Washington City Canal, Gas Works, railroad tracks, Washington Armory, and Armory Square Hospital buildings.

File:From Washington Monument.jpg|The Victorian landscaping and architecture of the Mall looking east from the top of the Washington Monument, showing the influence of the Downing Plan and Adolph Cluss on the National Mall {{circa|1904}}.

File:National Mall circa 1901 - Washington DC.jpg|Looking east from the top of the Washington Monument towards the United States Capitol in the summer of 1901. The Mall exhibited the Victorian-era landscape of winding paths and random plantings that Andrew Jackson Downing designed in the 1850s

File:Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C LCCN2012650191.jpg|The Armory as a hospital during the Civil War

File:Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. (no original caption) - NARA - 512817.jpg|Department of Agriculture Building (circa 1895)

File:Center Market, Pennsylvania Ave. 3c34613 150px.jpg|{{center|Center Market circa 1875, looking northwest from The Mall}}

File:Grand Central Palace - Central Market.jpg|Center Market between 1910 and 1930, looking southwest from 7th Street NW (at left)

File:Map Number 869-86501 - US National Park Service - 24 June 2003.jpg|National Park Service map showing the National Mall's designated reserve area referenced in the 2003 Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act

File:Smithsonian Building.jpg|The Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") in February 2007, looking north from the Enid A. Haupt Garden

File:Lockkeeper's House.jpg|The Lockkeeper's House in 2018, looking northwest

File:20060327 094632 1.jpg|Arts and Industries Building, looking southwest (March 2017)

File:Railroad Station (3421670398).jpg|Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station, looking southwest from 6th Street NW (at bottom and left)

File:Army Medical Museum and Library.jpg|Army Medical Museum and Library, looking northeast from Independence Avenue SW

File:National Mall undergoing renovations - Stierch.jpg|Reflecting Pool undergoing reconstruction (June 2011)

File:Rehabilitation works Reflecting Pool 12 2011 DC 000102.JPG|Reflecting Pool undergoing reconstruction (December 2011)

File:DC monument view from Lincoln memorial.jpg|Reflecting Pool after reconstruction (May 2016)

File:Dc national mall 15.07.2012 12-19-14.jpg|Axis of National Mall before restoration (July 2012)

File:Digging at the National Mall.jpg|Axis undergoing restoration (April 2015)

File:NationalMall.jpg|Aerial view of National Mall, Looking West

File:DC_monument_view_from_Lincoln_memorial.jpg|The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in May 2016, facing east towards the Washington Monument

File:National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, July 2017.jpg|National World War II Memorial (July 2017)

File:Jefferson Pier and Washington Monument.jpg|The west side of the Jefferson Pier in April 2011, with the Washington Monument in the background

{{See also|Category:Tourist attractions in Washington, D.C.}}

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Other attractions within walking distance of the National Mall (proper) include:

• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Library of Congress
• United States Supreme Court Building

• Holodomor Genocide Memorial
• Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
• National Postal Museum
• Robert A. Taft Memorial
• Washington Union Station

• Ford's Theatre
• George Gordon Meade Memorial
• Inlay of L'Enfant's plan for the federal capital city in Freedom Plaza
• National Archives
• National Building Museum
• National Law Enforcement Museum
• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Theatre
• Old Post Office Building and Clock Tower
• Pershing Park and National World War I Memorial
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• United States Navy Memorial

• Albert Einstein Memorial
• Boy Scout Memorial
• Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain
• Enid Haupt FountainsMultiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://www.citywalkingguide.com/presidentspark/enidhauptfountains|title=Enid Haupt Fountains|work=President's Park|publisher=City Walking Guide|year=2018|access-date=February 14, 2021|quote=The two Haupt Fountains flank the entrance to the Ellipse at 16th Street N.W. and Constitution Avenue.|archive-date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104200509/https://www.citywalkingguide.com/presidentspark/enidhauptfountains|url-status=live}}
• Coordinates of Enid Haupt Fountains:
  East: {{coord|38|53|32.5|N|77|02|11.012|W|type:landmark|name=Enid Haupt Fountain (east)}}
  West: {{coord|38|53|32.5|N|77|02|12.175|W|type:landmark|name=Enid Haupt Fountain (west)}}
• First Division Monument
• German-American Friendship Garden
• Interior Museum
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• National Christmas Tree
• Second Division Memorial
• Settlers of the District of Columbia MemorialMultiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=http://nsdac.org/work-of-the-society/historical/markers/patentees-monument/|title=Patentees Monument|publisher=National Society Daughters of the American Colonists|year=2018|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104210451/http://nsdac.org/work-of-the-society/historical/markers/patentees-monument/|archive-date=January 4, 2018|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/000/original-patentees-of-dc-monument.htm|title=Original Patentees of DC Monument|work=President's Park (White House): Place|publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |date=October 29, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315141952/https://www.nps.gov/places/000/original-patentees-of-dc-monument.htm|archive-date=March 15, 2021|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://dcmemorialist.com/colonial-settlers-monument/|title=Colonial Settler's Monument|date=February 3, 2021|work=dcMemorials.com|publisher=DC Memorialist|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315135424/https://dcmemorialist.com/colonial-settlers-monument/|archive-date=March 15, 2021|via=SuperbThemes and WordPress|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/74th-congress/session-2/c74s2ch64.pdf|title=Joint Resolution: Authorizing the erection of a memorial to the early settlers whose land grants embrace the site of the Federal City|work=United States Statutes at Large: 74th Congress: Session II: Chapter 64|page=1137|date=February 12, 1936|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=March 15, 2021}}
• Coordinates of the Settlers of the District of Columbia Memorial: {{coord|38|53|37.5|N|77|02|01.9|W|type:landmark|name=Settlers of the District of Columbia Memorial}}
• Statues of the Liberators
• The Ellipse
• Theodore Roosevelt Island
• U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts
• White House (on a line directly north of the Washington Monument)
• Zero Milestone

File:Jefferson Memorial Washington April 2017 002.jpg and Jefferson Memorial in April 2017.]]

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• Arlington Memorial Bridge
• The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace statues at the eastern approach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge
• Marine Corps War Memorial
• Netherlands Carillon

• Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
• George Mason Memorial
• Jefferson Memorial
• Lady Bird Johnson Park
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
• Tidal Basin
• United States Forest Service MuseumMultiple sources:
• {{cite web|url=https://americasbesthistory.com/abh-washington.html|title=Forest Service Museum|work=Washington, D.C.: Visitor FAQ|year=2020|publisher=americasbesthistory.com: America's Best History|access-date=February 14, 2021|quote=Forest Service Museum - Located along 15th street below the Washington Monument.|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407060600/https://americasbesthistory.com/abh-washington.html|url-status=live}}
• Coordinates of the United States Forest Service Museum: {{coord|38|53|15.4|N|77|2|0.23|W|type:landmark|name=United States Forest Service Museum}}
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Women in Military Service for America Memorial

• American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
• International Spy Museum
• L'Enfant Promenade and Plaza
• Museum of the Bible
• Overlook in Benjamin Banneker Park

• Architecture of Washington, D.C.
• Capitol Mall, a similar but smaller parkway situated in front of California State Capitol modeled on the National Mall
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
• Operation Fast Forward

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• {{cite book|editor1=Glazer, Nathan |editor2=Field, Cynthia R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V83SKEMbIY4C&pg=printsec|isbn=978-0-8018-8805-2|oclc=166273738|title=The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monumental Core|year=2008|location=Baltimore, Maryland|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|access-date=2015-01-02|via=Google Books}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/mall-history/|title=National Mall History|publisher=National Mall Coalition|year=2015|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001002811/http://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/mall-history/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/161025final3rdcenturyv2.pdf|title=America's 3rd Century National Mall: Visionary Idea, Democratic Reality, and Civic Opportunity|publisher=National Mall Coalition|year=2016|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225222354/http://www.nationalmallcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/161025final3rdcenturyv2.pdf|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|last=Savage|first=Kirk|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7HFGWyWOXsC&pg=printsec|title=Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520256545|oclc=566119105|access-date=2014-04-20|via=Google Books}}
• {{cite news |last1=Steckelberg |first1=Aaron |first2=Philip|last2=Kennicott|first3=Bonnie|last3=Berkowitz|first4=Denise|last4=Lu|date=2016-08-23|title=A 200-year transformation: How the Mall became what it is today|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/the-evolution-of-the-national-mall/|department=Lifestyle|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731185559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/the-evolution-of-the-national-mall/|url-status=live}} An interactive guide to the evolution of the National Mall.

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• {{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nama/index.htm|title=National Mall and Memorial Parks: District of Columbia|date=August 4, 2020|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2019-05-06|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531214222/https://www.nps.gov/nama/index.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://npmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/national-mall-map.pdf|title=Map of the National Mall and vicinity|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 14, 2021}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc70.htm|title=Washington, DC: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary: National Mall|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603003219/https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc70.htm|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328003927/http://nationalmall.org/sites/default/files/styles/1280x925/public/map-background.jpg?itok=GPhnJLP0%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2FNational+Mall+Map+-+www_nationalmall_org.pdf |archive-date=March 28, 2016|url=http://www.nationalmall.org/sites/default/files/styles/1280x925/public/map-background.jpg?itok=GPhnJLP0/sites/default/files/files/National%20Mall%20Map%20-%20www_nationalmall_org.pdf |title=Map of the National Mall|publisher=Trust for the National Mall |access-date=2016-07-04}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmall.org/|title=Trust for the National Mall: The Official Partner of the National Park Service|publisher=Trust for the National Mall|access-date=2010-03-17|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716120331/https://nationalmall.org/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Town=The%20National%20Mall&State=District%20of%20Columbia|title=Historical Markers and War Memorials in The National Mall, District of Columbia|publisher=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225013145/https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Town=The+National+Mall&State=District+of+Columbia|url-status=live}}

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