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Year: 2007
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Trust for the National Mall to Help Raise Funds to Beautify the National Mall
Dear Coalition Friends: The National Park Service has announced that its nonprofit partner, the Trust for the National Mall, will begin raising funds to help NPS clean up and beautify […]
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Trust for the National Mall to Raise Funds to ‘Beautify’ the National Mall
Dear Coalition Friends: The National Park Service has announced that its nonprofit partner, the Trust for the National Mall, will begin raising funds to help NPS clean up and beautify […]
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Coalition Fundraising Goals
Dear Friends of the National Mall: Thanks to you, we matched the challenge grant from the Summit Fund of Washington DC and met our 2007 funding goal last year. Your […]
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Public Meeting for National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission
Dear Coalition Friends: You may wonder how decisions are made about which memorials are approved for Washington DC and the National Mall and how locations are chosen. Tomorrow, you have […]
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The Washington Post, “Memorial Center Design Clears Hurdle”
National Coalition to Save the Mall
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The Washington Times, “Locals Push to Expand the Mall”
Dear Coalition Friends: Today’s Washington Times describes the growing support among local leaders for our concept of expanding the Mall and the benefit to the local community. THE WASHINGTON TIMES […]
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Designing the Nation’s Capital: the 1901 Plan for Washington, DC
Dear Coalition Friends: Recent symposia, lectures, and books are focusing much needed attention on past and future planning for the city of Washington and the National Mall at its heart. […]
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Citizen’s Guide to Recreation and Sports on the National Mall
Dear Coalition Friends, We hope everyone is taking some time off this summer to simply relax. Speaking of which…hot off the presses is our new Citizen’s Guide to Recreation and […]
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“Three Projects on or Near the Mall Could Reshape More Than the Vistas”
Dear Coalition Friends, In Sunday’s (June 24th) Washington Post, culture critic Philip Kennicott evaluated the effect of three new projects on or near the Mall–the US Institute of Peace, the […]
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The Washington Post’s “Jefferson Memorial’s Signs of Sinking Raise Fresh Alarms Officials Studying Safety, Repairs
Dear Coalition Friends, The front page of last Saturday’s Washington Post tells of a serious problem at the Jefferson Memorial–the sinking of the sea wall and ring road surrounding the […]
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