September 17, 2009
Dear Coalition Friends:
Just a reminder that this weekend over 120 tours of Washington, D.C., neighborhoods and attractions are being offered by groups throughout the city, including the two below sponsored by the National Coalition to Save Our Mall. The tours are free and open to the public. We hope to see you there. To see the full range of tours, visit the Cultural Tourism DC website.
The National Mall: What the Memorials Don’t Tell You
Saturday, September 19
1 - 2:30 pm
Meet at the base of the Jefferson Memorial
Nearest Metrorail/Metrobus: L’Enfant Plaza Metro station (Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow lines)
End at FDR Memorial on the Tidal Basin
This tour of the Jefferson, George Mason, and FDR memorials uses two well-known memorials and the little-known Mason memorial to weave a story of America’s Struggle For Freedom in three chapters: the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and FDR’s Four Freedoms. What do the monuments’ sculpture, inscriptions, and architecture contribute to the story? What’s missing? Will the future Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, also at the Tidal Basin, make a fitting next chapter? This tour is part of a series of self-guided tours being developed to help visitors better utilize the Mall as an open-air history and civics classroom. Led by Judy Scott Feldman and presented by The National Mall Conservancy and the National Coalition to Save Our Mall.
American Symbols: U.S. Capitol and the National Mall
Sunday, September 20
3 - 5 pm
Meet outside Capitol South Metro station (Blue and Orange line)
Nearest Metrorail/Metrobus: Capitol South Metro station (Blue and Orange line)
End at Grant Memorial at First Street on the National Mall
The tour will concentrate on two visionary plans for Washington’s monumental core—L’Enfant’s and the Senate Park Commission’s (also known as the McMillan Plan): how these plans came about and what happened later, including the influence of multiple, overlapping authorities on their realization. In addition to the evolution of L’Enfant’s “grand avenue,” the tour will touch on the history of the U.S. Capitol and Library of Congress, the Supreme Court and House and Senate buildings, and the Grant statue. The tour will be interactive and encourage participants to express their own visions for Washington’s monumental core. - Led by Hilary Russell and presented by the National Coalition to Save Our Mall.
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