Trust for the National Mall

Fall on the Mall is fading quickly into winter…Read our NOVEMBER NEWS to stay on top of it! ?????? We’re sharing gratitude for our hundreds of volunteers and many generous supporters, looking back on a month of reverence and commemoration for veterans and our veteran volunteers, and celebrating our partners at the National Park Service on the National Mall and the White House Gardens and Grounds. Read on to learn about holiday events on and around the Mall and check out a green and sustainable holiday gift idea. Support the iconic cherry trees on the Tidal Basin by Adopting a Cherry Tree — or a branch or flower bud — in a loved one’s name in the spirit of the upcoming winter holidays. Find all this and more at https://lnkd.in/ega-nyFt] Photo 1 by Everett Chu. Photo 2 courtesy of the National Park Service. Photo 3 by Emily Merritt.

We love getting support from the “home team!” Thank you?Congressional Sports for Charity?for your continued support for our work and mission on America’s Front Yard. ??????? Your generosity will enable the Trust to expand its Youth Ambassador program and maintain and care for the?US Park Police?Horse Stables and?Wells Fargo?Education Center, ensuring a vibrant, engaging and welcoming National Mall for ALL. We appreciate the longstanding support for?#TheNationalMall?by Congressional Sports for Charity! Plan your visit to the Horse Stables here: https://lnkd.in/dG5K_c6z Erin Plant Jack Ronayne Jessica Moore

The Trust for the National Mall is honored to take part in the Capitol Hill Restoration Soc’s 2024 Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, November 19, 7 PM. The lecture is open to the public. Join Catherine Townsend, President and CEO, and Teresa Durkin, Executive Vice President of the Trust, to learn about the history of the Mall, the current challenges of its aging infrastructure and the Trust’s exciting restoration plans for the future in honor of America’s historic 250th anniversary, the US Semiquincentennial, coming in 2026. Inspired by America’s 250th, when the National Mall will be center stage for the grand national celebration, the Trust is at the forefront of critical restoration projects and inspiring civic learning and civic art programs to help visitors connect to the National Mall, our nation’s history and its future. Join us to learn about the planned rehabilitation of Constitution Gardens, built in 1976 for America’s Bicentennial, which is in need of critical ecological restoration and redesign to become a model urban park and central gathering space on the National Mall for education, recreation and reflection. Join the Trust and Capitol Hill Restoration to discuss these issues and learn more about the history and the future of the National Mall and ways you can get involved at the Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, on November 19. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e9Ue4wyU The event is free and open to the public!

As fall takes its seasonal bow, spotlighting one of our fave fall spots on the National Mall! The German American Friendship Garden on the National Mall, first dedicated in 1984, was restored by the Trust for the National Mall in 2021 to ensure this iconic space in the shadow of the Washington Monument will thrive for generations. Thanks to the support of the German Embassy, Volkswagen Group of America and a group of leading German companies, this popular garden space -- with its newly restored marquee fountains, vibrant plantings and handsome pathways—really shines in fall. In the garden, you can find perennial flora, including autumnal blooms like Purple and White Asters, Yellow Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susans), Purple Coneflower (Echinacea), Yellow Solidago and a variety of Sedum. The fall garden also features stunning roses and ornamental grasses that show off form and texture as the majestic American Elms turn gold overhead. The Trust also leads the long-term care and maintenance of the garden. Our crew is out on the grounds every day, performing tasks like planting, weeding, and tuning the fountains, which light at night, for peak performance! Make sure to check out the garden while the fountains are still on for the season. To learn more about the garden and plan your visit, or find out how to support it, visit https://lnkd.in/d2bjvinN.?

The National Mall honors veterans and their service and sacrifice 365 days of the year. Veterans Day is a particularly reverential and meaningful day of community and gratitude. ?????????? On Monday, veterans, including World War II servicemembers, Honor Flights, veteran families, volunteers, students and visitors from around the world took part in special ceremonies across the National Mall at the memorials built to honor military service and sacrifice. Thank you to our many volunteers, many of whom are veterans themselves, who welcomed and educated visiting veterans and veteran families on the National Mall. This Veterans Day, nearly 40 of our Volunteers-in-Parks (VIP) Volunteers served for almost 200 hours at five special memorial sites. We also welcomed a special student group – an opportunity for the next generation to meet the Greatest Generation. Thank you to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Civics Bee finalists from across the nation who joined us at the World War II Memorial, where they gave a special welcome to an Honor Flight of Veterans, with personal thank you notes and cheers, and heard stories about their service in war theaters around the world. Today and every day, thank you veterans for your extraordinary service. Learn more and become a volunteer at https://lnkd.in/ePq9Tca. Photos courtesy of U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Excited to have been featured by Trust for the National Mall in their annual "Fall on the Mall" photoraphy showcase. https://lnkd.in/eEMtWCEr

As we lead up to #VeteransDay, we’re sharing the story of our dedicated National Mall veteran volunteers. Our Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) are led in partnership with @nationalmallNPS to help guide and welcome visitors on the National Mall. Many are veterans themsleves! More than a quarter of the volunteers who joined us this year are servicemembers or family members of servicemembers. Thank you to all of our volunteers for helping honor the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women in the United States Armed Forces at the memorials built to veteran service and sacrifice on the National Mall. Keith June is a veteran volunteer at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial who shares stories of his 30 years of service in the United States Army. Meet Keith here: https://lnkd.in/ezqpytKh And read all about this year’s Veterans Day commemorations by reading our special edition newsletter: https://lnkd.in/ewNH7Sqk]?

Veterans’ service and sacrifice are honored and commemorated every day at sites across the National Mall. What better way to honor our military service members than by spending this Veterans Day on the National Mall at the monuments and memorials that honor the history and legacy of military service in our nation. The Trust will join our partners at the National Park Service and across the National Mall to honor the courage and sacrifice of our veterans at sites across the National Mall. Read our Special Edition Veterans Day Newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/e855A7dY Join us this Monday, November 11 for the following special events: VETERANS DAY AT THE WWII MEMORIAL (NOVEMBER 11, 9 AM) BELLS OF PEACE CEREMONY AT THE NATIONAL WWI MEMORIAL (NOVEMBER 11, 11 AM) VETERANS DAY WREATH LAYING AT US NAVY MEMORIAL (NOVEMBER 11, 1 PM) VETERANS DAY AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (NOVEMBER 11, 1 PM) CEREMONY AND LEAF PRESENTATION AT KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL (NOVEMBER 11, 3 PM) Find more upcoming events across the National Mall at nationalmall.org/events.

As autumn takes its final bow, take a minute to take in the colors of Fall on the Mall. IT’S HERE... the Official 2024 #FallOnTheMall Photo Gallery has arrived. The Trust for the National Mall is proud to showcase America’s Front Yard and our work with the National Park Service to care for this treasured space in our annual Fall on The Mall album. This year the 20,000 trees -- including the iconic cherry trees and towering Elms and Maples -- across the Mall turned deep shades of red, orange and yellow framed by the monuments and memorials. Thank you to our dedicated cadre of shutterbugs for capturing and sharing the vibrant shades of fall on the National Mall. Check out our favorites in the gallery: https://lnkd.in/eXyTpM-c Photos by: 1: Alex Chin 2: Troy Meyer 3: Chris Fukuda 4: Everett Chu 5: Ilenia Alvarez 6: Minh Phan 7: Laurie Collins 8: Derrick Creative 9: Mark Mao 10: Robin Kent

TIME’S RUNNING OUT! YOU CAN VOTE TO HELP RUSTIN WIN!??????? “March On: RUSTIN” tells the important story of Bayard Rustin, the Civil Rights activist and principal architect of the March on Washington. You can vote to celebrate the telling of this critical and long-overlooked story and help the audio tour and podcast win a 2024?Anthem Award at The Anthem Awards. The Trust for the National Mall, and its partners at Netflix’s Rustin movie and Higher Ground, are nominated for 2 Anthem Awards for “March On: RUSTIN,” a three-part audio walking tour that lets you walk in the footsteps of history while hearing stories, sounds and reflections from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The walking podcast is nominated for the human and civil rights categories in community engagement and public. Visit?https://lnkd.in/e8YX4fNz?to easily vote for “March On: RUSTIN” in both these categories! Voting closes TOMORROW! Thanks to Netflix for its financial and in-kind support of the project and to Wells Fargo for supporting the initial development. Special thanks also to Branford Marsalis for being the inspiring voice behind the tour and to our collaborating partners at Caandor Labs.