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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.
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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
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
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.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The first design, proposed by Brazilian-born landscape architect Eduardo Catalano, looked like an olive branch from above. The leaves of the olive branch were a series of smaller gardens, connected by a path which formed the stem. There was also an amphitheatre and a glass pavillion.
The second design, by Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey (RHAA), drew on the themes of the Senate Park Commission’s 1902 plan for the National Mall. It included a water feature aligned with the Washington Monument and bells to be rung either by visitors or the wind.
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Gardens and Landscapes
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Title
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National Peace Garden
Description
An account of the resource
In 1985, Elizabeth Ratcliff, a former English teacher from California, proposed a national monument to peace. The monument was approved by Congress within two years and Hains Point was selected as the site. The Peace Garden Project Committee, led by Garret Eckbo, held a design competition in 1989 and selected Eduardo Catalano’s olive branch plan. Catalano's plan was approved by two planning Committees but rejected by the US Fine Arts Commission in 1992. The design firm Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey was then hired and a year later their design received full approval. Funding for the monument was not secured by 2003, and the Garden was never built.
Date
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1987 (approved)
2003 (authorization expired)
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
Source
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Environmental Design Archives. <a href="https://instagram.com/edarchives/">View images.</a><a href="http://exhibits.ced.berkeley.edu/items/show/1518"><br /></a>
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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
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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>
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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
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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
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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
Unbuilt
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Title
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Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial
Description
An account of the resource
<p>In 1986, Maurice Barboza and Lena Santos Ferguson won Congressional authorization to honor African Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War with a monument on the Mall. Congress authorized the memorial, but followed precedent by not allocating any funds. Barboza and Ferguson raised enough money to fund a design by Edward Dwight that represented African American men, women, and children emerging from a granite vortex led by black soldiers. Barboza and Ferguson were unable to raise enough money before the authorization expired. The memorial was never built, but they revised their plan in 2005 and proposed the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/admin/items/edit/516">National Liberty Memorial.</a></p>
Date
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March 25, 1988 (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
Source
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National Park Service, Ethnography Program. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/histcontextsf.htm">View Original.</a>
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Monuments
Unbuilt
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The monument would have featured a statue depicting an elderly African American woman cradling a white infant
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Faithful Slave Mammies of the South Memorial
Description
An account of the resource
In 1922, Congress received a proposal from the Washington, DC, chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to create the "Faithful Slave Mammies of the South" memorial recognizing the supposed loyalty of enslaved women to their owners during the Civil War. African American newspapers, including the <em>Chicago Defender</em> condemned the proposal as an insult at a time when Congress was unwilling to pass laws protecting African Americans from lynching. The Senate approved the proposal in 1923, but pressure from citizens and the press prevented passage of the bill in the House, and the memorial was never built.
Date
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1922 (proposed)
Coverage
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1920-1949
Source
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National Archives and Records Administration. <a href="http://blogs.archives.gov/blackhistoryblog/2013/04/04/celebrating-the-faithful-mammies-of-the-south/">View source.</a>
design & monuments