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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Ennead Architects' design is meant to be unobtrusive to the current aesthetic of the Mall. The construction would have incorporate a sloped path leading to a two-story underground facility, making the center invisible from some perspectives. The design was intended to duplicate the long, angular composition of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
Inside the center, visitors would have explored four main exhibits; a portrait gallery that containing a portrait of each service member listed on the Vietnam War Memorial, as well as those who have served since this conflict; an exhibit of the items and memorials left at the Wall since 1982; a historical timeline of the Vietnam War; and an exhibit on the history of military and civil service, from the Revolutionary War to present day.
Type
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Unbuilt
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Title
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Vietnam Memorial Education Center
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/69">Jan Scruggs</a>, President and Founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, proposed in 2000 to build an education center focusing on veterans' service in the wars following Vietnam. The planned center would have been located across the street from the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a>. It will display some objects that visitors have left at the Wall since 1982. Congress approved of the center in 2003, but the project did not break ground until 2012. In 2018, the VVMF announced their decision to cancel the building project, focusing instead on digital resources and online exhibits.
Creator
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<a href="http://www.vvmf.org/education-center">Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund</a>
Coverage
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2000-present
Source
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Images created by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, via <a href="vvmf.org">Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund</a>
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Location
The location of the interview.
The west side of the National Museum of American History.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The sculpture is 40 feet tall and weighs 35 tons. It contains 71 pieces connected by 1,200 bolts all faceing the same direction. Calder instructed that the sculpture be painted with a matte black, lead-based paint. In 2013, conservators repainted the piece with high-tech paint specifically designed for outdoor sculptures.
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Title
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Gwenfritz
Creator
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Alexander Calder
Source
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14F605S0U9301.1295&profile=sicall&source=~!sichronology&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!9319~!1&ri=3&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=calder&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=3">View original</a>.
Date
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6/2/1969 (dedicated)
Coverage
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1950-1979
2000-present
Description
An account of the resource
Sculptor Alexander Calder designed "Gwenfritz" in 1965 after Washington philanthropist Gwendolyn Cafritz commissioned him to create a piece for the new Museum of History and Technology. Calder built the 40-foot tall metal stabile in France and shipped it to Washington in 6 crates. Smithsonian staff installed the work in 1969 on a reflecting pool facing 14th Street. In 1984, the Museum moved the sculpture and filled in the pool. In 2013, the Smithsonian began conserving "Gwenfritz," and in October 2014 returned it to the original location. During the restoration, staff repainted the sculpture and replaced all 1,200 bolts connecting its panels.
arts & culture
design & monuments
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Memorials
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Title
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National Native American Veterans’ Memorial
Description
An account of the resource
Since the 1770s, American indigenous people have always served in the US military at a higher rate than other groups. In 1994, a bipartisan congressional effort passed the Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act to authorize the creation of a memorial to all American Indian, Alaska native, and native Hawaiian veterans. The memorial was to be placed inside the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/49">Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian</a>. In 2013, Congress gave the Museum authority to select the final location of the Memorial and to assist with fundraising since no federal funds would pay for its construction. Some advocates wish the Memorial could be on the Mall near other memorials honoring American war veterans.
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Congress.gov. <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/2135/text">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
10/5/1994 (authorized)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1980-1999
2000-present
design & monuments
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Memorials
Unbuilt
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Title
A name given to the resource
National Liberty Memorial
Description
An account of the resource
<p>After authorization expired for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/513">Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial</a>, Maurice Barboza and Lena Santos Ferguson restarted their campaign to honor African-American service during the Revolutionary War. Congress authorized the National Liberty Memorial in 2013 that will be located at the corner of 14th Street and Independence Avenue near the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/43">Department of Agriculture</a>. The Memorial will commemorate African American soldiers, sailors, and civilian volunteers, and also honor enslaved people who escaped or petitioned for their freedom during the war. By 2020, organizers must raise money to design and build the monument.</p>
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2000-present
Date
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1/2/2013 (authorized)
Source
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Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.davidsnewtonsculptor.com/-gallery.html">David Newton</a>.
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The design of the memorial depicts Banneker looking through a telescope and holding a book. There is also a large clock tower, based on one Banneker designed.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Memorials
Unbuilt
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Title
A name given to the resource
Benjamin Banneker Memorial
Description
An account of the resource
<p>In 1996, the Washington Interdependence Council began planning a memorial to <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/77">Benjamin Banneker</a>, an African American scientist and surveyor who helped map the boundaries of the District of Columbia. Congress authorized the plan, and the Council was responsible for raising money for construction. The initial authorization expired in 2005, but the project was renewed in 2010 through new legislative efforts. The memorial is expected to part of a large-scale renovation near L’Enfant Plaza and Banneker Park. The proposed project includes a 14-foot statue, visitors' center, and a large clock tower.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
3/18/1998 (first authorization)
9/29/2010 (second authorization)
Coverage
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1980-1999
2000-present
Source
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Image courtesy Bobbie K. Carlyle and the Washington Interdependence Council.
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Memorials
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The memorial is made up of a plaza including a star-shaped fountain with an eternal flame in the center, bronze sculptures, inscribed glass panels, and a granite wall. It is designed to be accessible to those it honors.
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Title
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American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
10/5/2014 (dedicated)
10/24/2000 (authorized)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2000-present
Description
An account of the resource
The first national memorial to specifically honor members of the American armed forces who were permanently disabled during their service opened in 2014. The memorial was proposed to Congress in 1998 by a group led by philanthropist Lois Pope; Jesse Brown, then Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and Art Wilson, National Adjutant of the nonprofit Disabled American Veterans. The memorial was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in 2000. The land on which it is built was transferred from the city to the National Park Service for the memorial. It was dedicated on October 4, 2014.
Source
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Tim Evanson via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/15268351937/">Flickr</a>
building the mall
design & monuments
military history
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People
An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc.
Last Name
for nav purposes
John Stevens Shop
Occupation
Artist
Biographical Text
The Shop was founded in 1705 by John Stevens, an immigrant from Oxfordshire, England. Stevens and his descendants, who owned the shop in Rhode Island, carved gravestones in cemeteries across the state. John Howard Benson bought the shop from the Stevens family in 1927.
The Bensons continued to carve gravestones, while John H. Benson also designed and carved inscriptions for university and other institutional buildings. He designed the inscription on the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. After John H' death in 1956, ownership passed to his son, John E Benson.
John E designed and carved inscriptions on public and private buildings, national memorials, and the headstones of prominent Americans. In addition to working as a stone carver, he was also a calligrapher and sculptor. In 1993, he retired, maintaining co-ownership of the Shop, but leaving the creative direction to his son Nicholas.
Nicholas Benson studied type design and calligraphy in Basel, Switzerland with European masters. In 2007, he was granted a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2010 he was a awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
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Title
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John Stevens Shop
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
1980-1999
2000-present
Description
An account of the resource
The John Stevens Shop is a stone carving workshop based in Rhode Island and currently co-owned by the father and son team of John E. and Nicholas Benson. They have been involved in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/506">design and execution of lettering for inscriptions</a> for four memorials on the Mall. The Bensons designed and executed special typefaces, or lettering styles, for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/27">Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial</a>, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/61">World War II Memorial</a>, and the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/156">Martin Luther King Memorial</a>. Additionally, John Benson designed the lettering for the date stones in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans' Memorial</a>.
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011635591/">View original photograph</a>.
Creator
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John Stevens Shop
building the mall
design & monuments
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Photograph
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Title
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Maintaining the Monuments
Description
An account of the resource
The National Park Service employs many special maintenance teams to keep the Mall beautiful. <span><span>Their role is to preserve the monuments and maintain the landscapes. Landscapers care for the grounds and remove 3-4 tons of trash daily.</span></span> A special crew preserves the monuments and memorials. In this photo one such worker cleans the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a>.
Source
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National Park Service Internal Archive
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2000-present
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
7/13/2012
design & monuments
everyday life
work & play
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
grass panels
Location
The location of the interview.
National Mall
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Gardens and Landscapes
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Title
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Mall Turf
Description
An account of the resource
<p><span><span>Foot traffic from 25 million annual visitors is hard on the Mall’s natural resources. In 2017, the National Park Service completed a restoration project that re-engineered a total of 18 acres of turf between 3rd and 14th Streets to ensure preservation and access. The project included the installation of accessible granite curbs and compaction resistant soil. A new irrigation system was developed by installing drains and large underground cisterns to collect storm water which will be used to water the grass. A Turf Manager was hired to maintain the project, the first position of its kind in the National Park Service.</span></span></p>
Source
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National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/nama/naturescience/mall-turf.htm">View Original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2012
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2000-present
environment
everyday life
work & play
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Color photograph
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4 x 6
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Title
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Arborists on the Mall
Description
An account of the resource
The National Park Service employs a team of professional arborists to ensure the continued health of the Mall's 9,000 trees. Sometimes known as "tree doctors," the arborists care for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/24">cherry trees along the Tidal Basin</a>, which have been a fixture on the Mall since 1912. Without their hard work, the centerpieces of the annual <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/480">Cherry Blossom Festival </a>might not exist. <span>The Mall’s trees are beautiful, but they also serve another important function: removing air and water pollutants from the city and Chesapeake Bay watershed.</span>
Source
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National Park Service Internal Archives
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2000-present
environment
everyday life
work & play