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ABOUT THE COALITION
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
   January 2010

HISTORY AND RESOURCES
• Mall Maps
• Illustrated History
• Future of the Mall VIDEO
• 1902 McMillan Commission   Report

MALL REPORTS
• 2009 Renewing American Democracy
• 2008 Rethinking the National Mall
• 2006 National Mall Third Century Initiative
• 2004 Future of The National Mall
• 2002 The State of the Mall

NATIONAL MALL CONSERVANCY

ANNUAL REPORTS
• 2008 Annual Report (PDF)
• 2007 Annual Report (PDF)
• 2006 Annual Report (PDF)
• 2005 Annual Report (PDF)

GREAT MOMENTS
PHOTO GALLERY
• Who's in Charge?

THE MALL CHRONICLES
• Media Coverage
• Analysis
• Coalition Testimony
• Letters

THE WWII MEMORIAL
• WWII Memorial Archive

WASHINGTON MONUMENT
• Washington Monument Archive  Updated 8/8/2008

U.S. CAPITOL

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A Monument to Democracy

History of the Mall

The Mall Today and the Need for Protection

Today, the Mall's historic open public space and symbolic meaning are under assault. New multi-acre memorials — including the new World War II Memorial — block off formerly open space and vistas. Security barriers and surveillance cameras cast a pall of insecurity and fear over the monuments, memorials, and public space. Commercial events and advertising banners cheapen the Mall's dignity as our premier symbol of American cultural values.

FIGURE 13: Upper left: Commercial advertisements on fences enclosing the Mall for the September 2003 NFL-Pepsi Kickoff on the Mall; lower left: The 7.4-acred World War II Memorial located between the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial; right: Construction fence for security barrier work at the Washington Monument. (Photos: Judy Scott Feldman)

The National Coalition to Save Our Mall is working together with private citizens and government agencies with jurisdiction over the Mall to create a National Mall Conservancy. The Mall Conservancy Initiative is dedicated to conserving the concepts and values of the National Mall established by the President in 1791 through the L'Enfant Plan and revived by the Congress in 1901 in the McMillan Plan, and to renewing the vitality of this great national space and consummate work of public art through creative planning for a third millennium. Learn more at the Mall Conservancy Initiative website.

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The National Mall

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
   • The 1791 L'Enfant Plan and the Mall
   • The 19th Century and the McMillan Plan of 1901-1902
   • The Mall as Public Forum in the Twentieth Century
   • The Mall Today and the Need for Protection
   • Selected Bibliography

MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS ON THE MALL

WHO'S WHO ON THE MALL

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

SECURITY PLAN
   • July 11, 2002, NCPC Releases Security Plan for Public Comment
   • August 2, 2002, Coalition Seeks Extension of Public Comment Period
   • Read the Plan