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MALL_200314_16.JPG: Fairly deserted because of growing covid-19 concerns.
MALL_200314_38.JPG: Jumper!
MALL_200322_02.JPG: This tree by the Washington Monument is obviously having trouble. There's a support on one side of it and kids climbing on the other.
MALL_200411_01.JPG: Totally devoid of cars due to Covid-19.
MALL_200509_19.JPG: I have no idea why all the truck cabs were parked here.
MALL_200606_01.JPG: Boxes cover up removed light pole stumps.
MALL_200607_04.JPG: The Mall is still relatively empty both from Covid-19 and worries about the BLM protests which have resulted in some shutdown streets.
MALL_200719_09.JPG: 6ft
Stay Safe
Thank you for practicing social distancing
MALL_200808_01.JPG: Emergency No Parking
Effective ...
Start Date : ???
End Date: June 21st, 2020 ...
Reason: July 4th Celebration
[Keep in mind this picture was photograph was taken on August 8. They're not removing the old signs so people parking can't easily tell if there are any parking restrictions now.]
MALL_200906_01.JPG: I hadn't seen a tour bus in awhile.
MALL_200906_14.JPG: The drivers and presumably all of the passengers were Chinese.
MALL_200906_16.JPG: This electric car charging station was near the Air and Space Museum
MALL_200906_21.JPG: AutoCoil
EVSE LLC
Smart Charging Solutions for Electric Vehicles
A Subsidiary of Control Module Inc
MALL_200906_26.JPG: Payment for the electric car charging station
MALL_200906_27.JPG: This charging station was outside of the American History museum. The curb wasn't marked off and the no parking sign was fairly far back.
MALL_200906_35.JPG: There were some people out despite Covid-19.
MALL_200906_44.JPG: COVID-19 Safety
Although National Mall and Memorial Parks is [sic] not closed, we encourage all visitors, particularly the most vulnerable, including the elderly and people with underlying conditions, to make smart decisions and to follow CDC guidance to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures include:
* Practice social distancing;
* Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds;
* Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze;
* Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth;
* Most importantly, please stay home if you feel sick.
[Note that it doesn't mention wearing a mask. That had long ago become a recommendation by everyone except the child president but the park service hadn't updated their signs at least here.]
MALL_201013_01.JPG: Saf-Gard Shoemobile
MALL_201021_41.JPG: Outdoor yoga session.
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Wikipedia Description: National Mall
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The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is the site of gardens and other greenery along with many Smithsonian museums, national monuments and memorials. The National Mall refers specifically to the land stretching from the grounds of the Washington Monument to the United States Capitol directly to the east. However, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to refer to the entire area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a division slightly west of the center.
Dimensions:
From the Capitol steps to the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall runs 1.9 miles (3.0 km).
From the steps to the Washington Monument, the Mall spans 1.1 miles (1.8 km).
From Grant Statue to Lincoln Memorial, the Mall covers 309.2 acres (125.1 ha).
Landmarks:
1. Washington Monument
2. National Museum of American History
3. National Museum of Natural History
4. National Gallery of Art sculpture garden
5. West Building of the National Gallery of Art
6. East Building of the National Gallery of Art
7. United States Capitol
8. Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
9. United States Botanic Garden
10. National Museum of the American Indian
11. National Air and Space Museum
12. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
13. Arts and Industries Building
14. Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle")
15. Freer Gallery of Art
16. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
17. National Museum of African Art
18. The National Sylvan Theater
19. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, scheduled for completion in 2008, will be located on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site that borders the Tidal Basin and within the sightline of the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials.
As popularly understood, the National Mall also includes the following west of the Was ...More...
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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11.
Trump's handling of the pandemic was a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and dramatically increasing infections and deaths here. As the chant goes -- Hey, hey, POTUS-A; how many folks did you kill today? The BLM protests started in June, made all the worse by the child president's inability to have any empathy for anyone other than himself. Then of course he tried to steal the election in November. What a year!
The farthest distance I traveled after that was about 40 miles. I only visited sites in four states -- Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC. That was the least amount of travel I had done since 1995.
Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.