Grant Memorial
Washington Monument, in 1920s
Lincoln Memorial, in 1963
Mall in 1832, looking east
Mall in 1901, looking west
Scene on Mall, in 1890s
1901 Plan: existing conditions
1901 plan: proposed makeover
Mall clearing, 1934
Mall in 2008 (Jeff Iovine, photographer)
Thomas Circle, 1884
Greenough’s statue of Washington, in 1900
Freedmen’s Memorial to Lincoln, in 1903
Grant Memorial, erected 1922
Titanic Memorial, 1931
Lincoln Memorial, in 1970
Japanese American Memorial, erected 2000
MONUMENT WARS
Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape