National Mall: Media
mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Time-lapse video of the Mall, as viewed from the top of the Washington Monument,...
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National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors can see the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol from the top of the Washington...
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The original plan for Washington was drawn up by Pierre L'Enfant, a French-born officer...
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The U.S. Capitol dome was built using money collected in the form of a tax on income,...
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The first building of the Smithsonian Institution, known as the Castle, was completed...
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C. 1880 print by Currier & Ives.
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The Washington Monument under construction, shown sometime between 1855 and 1880.
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Designed by Henry Bacon, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in 1922.
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African American contralto Marian Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,...
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At the March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to a large crowd of civil...
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes a wall with the names...
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt on display in Washington, D.C.
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View of the National Mall during the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., October...
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Aerial view of the National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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Some 600,000 small white flags dot the grass of the National Mall near the Washington...
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The Mall, looking east toward the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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The National Mall in Washington, D.C., at night.
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