Hit the National Mall for a variety of free events during the festival.
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Washington duo Bluebrain released a location-aware album in the form of an app called The National Mall.
The monument will stand on the National Mall, the strip of parkland between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
The majestic memorials that fill up the National Mall were joined in August 2011 by the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.
Tickets are required to see the ceremonies up close on the Capitol grounds, while the National Mall is open for the general public.
Republicans have blasted numerous measures in the package, such as funding for veterans in the Philippines, sod on the National Mall and honey bee insurance.
His company recently finished a 390-unit apartment building one mile north of the National Mall and later this year plans to start on another nearby.
Organizers expect 800, 000 people to attend Monday's public ceremony -- less than half of the estimated 1.8 million onlookers who crammed the National Mall in 2009.
Commencement ceremonies are held at the National Mall, within sight of the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol, and notable alumni include Colin Powell, Kerry Washington and Alec Baldwin.
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- There were several speeches at the first Earth Day -- back in 1970, before the disco era -- on the National Mall.
It was the public relations work to support the site, design, construction and dedication of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.
Today, nearly half a century after Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic March on Washington for equality, tens of thousands came to the National Mall in Washington, D.
The National Mall, the Statue of Liberty and Yellowstone National Park will be affected, according to John Garder, budget and appropriations legislative representative for the National Parks Conservation Association.
Chemical and biological sensors already in place on the National Mall will be supplemented with radiological detection equipment, including radiation pagers on the belts of some law enforcement officers.
Included in that area are the U.S. Capitol, all of the House and Senate office buildings, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and part of the National Mall.
The US Congress authorised the memorial in 1996, and groundbreaking is scheduled for late next year on a four-acre site among trees on the National Mall, beside Washington's Tidal Basin.
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Pledges large and small have been flooding into the official Earth Day web site since its launch in November 2010 and a rally at the National Mall in Washington D.
NPR's Art Silverman went out on the National Mall here in Washington today to talk with people and sometimes jog along with them, asking if they're worried about their heart's health.
At a time of deep division nearly 50 years ago, a booming voice for justice rang out across the National Mall, reverberated around our country, and sent ripples throughout the world.
No, I want to sit out on the National Mall looking like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, sparkler in one hand, pizza in the other, watching things explode and make pretty colors.
Spectators who are unable to get into those events will be routed to the National Mall, which, for the first time, will be open from end to end for an inauguration.
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Crowd estimates are down from an original prediction from District of Columbia officials that as many as 4 million people would crowd the Capitol grounds and the National Mall to see the event.
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Guided tours with National Park Rangers, pet-friendly walks, food tents, live stage performances and even a ranger-led bike tour and night walk around the Tidal Basin will be part of the free activities at the National Mall.
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So even as we were in Grant Park that night celebrating as much hope and possibility as we felt on that cold day in January on the National Mall, we knew we had our work cut out for us.
Here is a proposal: Why not bring the excitement of entrepreneurship and innovation to the National Mall and share it with the more than 30 million people from around the United States, and the world, who visit there every year?
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The National Mall could easily monopolise an entire vacation but to find additional fulfilment for you and the kids venture beyond the tourist zone to Capitol Hill, a charming Federal-style neighbourhood that has dutifully served as the capital's living quarters for centuries.
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