Histories of the National Mall
Item Set
Items
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Queen Elizabeth visits the Smithsonian "Castle"
07/08/1976 -
First Festival of American Folklife
07/1967 -
Boy Scout Jamboree
6/30/1937-7/9/1937 -
Tidal Basin Beach Officially Opens
8/24/1918 -
Cherry Tree Protest at Jefferson Memorial site
11/17/1938-11/19/1938 -
Resurrection City
05/21/1968-06/24/1968 -
Senate Park Commission releases the McMillan Plan for the National Mall
1902 -
Andrew Jackson Downing creates a landscape plan for the Mall
1850 -
Longest Walk ends at National Mall
07/15/1978-07/19/1978 -
First Rolling Thunder Rally
05/30/1988 -
US Marine Band's First Public Concert
08/21/1800 -
Washington Canal filled in
1871 -
Presidents' Day snowstorm of 1979
02/19/1979 -
T.S.C. Lowe launches balloon test flight
06/16/1861 -
Proprietors deed land for new capital
1791 -
Carousel Opens on the Mall
04/12/1967 -
Cornerstone Laid for the Washington Monument
07/04/1848 -
Tidal Basin Beach Closes
1925 -
Work Begins on the Smithsonian "Castle"
1847 -
Washington's First Streetcar Line Opens
05/17/1862 -
National Drill and Encampment
05/23/1887-05/30/1887 -
Dewey Canyon III – Vietnam Veterans protest the War
04/19/1971-04/23/1971 -
1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
08/28/1963 -
Earthquake on the National Mall
08/23/2011 -
Wi-Fi Comes to the National Mall
09/08/2010