The National Mall in Washington DC is a national park surrounded by monuments and museums. It spans from the Lincoln Memorial to the Grant Memorial and the White House to the Jefferson Memorial. The “real” Mall is a grassy area between the Washington Monument and the Grant Memorial, commonly used for political events. Pierre L’enfant first imagined the Mall as a section of greenery, and it was established as part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in the early 20th century.
The National Mall is a section of Washington DC, the capital of the United States, which is a national park and is surrounded by monuments and museums. In general, the entire area between the Lincoln Memorial to the west and the Grant Memorial to the east, as well as the White House to the north and the Jefferson Memorial to the south is part of the Mall. The correct measure of the National Mall, however, is often considered to be just a portion of this area on the eastern side, which is between the Washington Monument and Congress.
Pierre L’enfant, an engineer and urban planner from Washington DC, was the first to imagine the National Mall as a section of greenery within the capital. His original idea for the Mall was incomplete; the area was left to remain grassed but was otherwise not formally used by the government. In the early 20th century, however, the Mall and some surrounding parks throughout Washington DC were established as part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks (NAMA). This area has been earmarked for use as a national park and has been earmarked for the development of numerous monuments and buildings intended to govern or function as museums.
The entire National Mall is generally considered to be a large area that spans a number of buildings and monuments in the US capital. This essentially consists of two intersecting lines, forming a cross. At the western end of one of the lines is the Lincoln Memorial, dedicated to former President Abraham Lincoln. The eastern end of this line extends to the United States Capitol building which houses both houses of Congress and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial before it.
The bisector of this line is one that runs north to south and has the White House, the home and office of the President of the United States, at its northern end. At the southern end of this line, across a small body of water called the Tidal Basin, is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, honoring the third president of the United States. Where these lines intersect within the National Mall is the Washington Monument, erected to honor the memory of President George Washington.
While this is often referred to as the National Mall, only a small portion of the area is sometimes considered the “real” Mall. This is a grassy region that sits between the Washington Monument and the Grant Memorial. The Reflecting Pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial and this part of the Mall are among the most commonly used areas of the National Mall for major political events and ceremonies.
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