“The Semiquincentennial is an incredibly exciting opportunity to reflect on our nation's journey, and the National Mall stands at the absolute center of this historic celebration. As America’s Front Yard, it serves as the physical embodiment of our civic life and a living monument to our shared history.”
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall and its partners at the National Park Service and the U.S. Park Police hosted an Open House celebrating the U.S. Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center, the first project that the Trust delivered to prepare the National Mall for America's 250th anniversary.
Read MoreThis June, the Trust for the National Mall and the National Park Service kicked off a new “Mall Hands on Deck” project with volunteers from donated supplies from The Home Depot Foundation and volunteers from Team Depot carrying out major repairs to four sites on the National Mall.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall’s Catherine Townsend, Teresa Durkin, and Jeremy Goldstein talked to WUSA9 about the Trust’s partnership with the National Park Service
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall is proud to support the Great American Outdoors Act 250 (GAOA 250). This measure is the latest iteration of important legislation that would continue critical funding to support the National Mall and other national parks as our country celebrates the 250th anniversary of our founding.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall was proud to lay the groundwork for the Department of the Interior and National Park Service’s restoration of the majestic fountain at the Christopher Columbus Memorial in front of Union Station, a gateway for visitors to Washington, D.C., especially during America’s 250th year.
Read MoreStanley Black & Decker, announces a $300,000 contribution to the Trust for the National Mall to support the preservation and care of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C., by the National Park Service (NPS).
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall is proud to be a supporting partner in the grand opening of the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft, an extraordinary project led by our partners at the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation. The Trust helped bring additional funding to support the project.
Read MoreThis Memorial Day, as the nation commemorates America’s 250th anniversary, the Trust for the National Mall and the Doughboy Foundation will transform the National Mall into a unified landscape of gratitude through Notes of Remembrance: Taps Across the National Mall. The tribute begins at 7:50 AM with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National World War I Memorial alongside Gold Star Mothers, followed by a simultaneous sounding of Taps at 16 veterans, war and presidential memorials across the nation’s capital at 8:00 AM.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall, an official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, hosted its annual gala, AMERICA’S BALL for THE MALL, welcoming more than 700 distinguished partners and supporters to celebrate America’s Front Yard and kicking off the nation's 250th anniversary.
Read MoreOn Thursday, May 7, the Trust for the National Mall, an official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, hosted its annual gala, AMERICA’S BALL for THE MALL, welcoming more than 700 distinguished partners and supporters to celebrate America’s Front Yard and kicking off the nation's 250th anniversary.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall joined the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior to mark a major milestone, marking the grand opening of the new seawall, expanded walkways, newly planted cherry trees and landscaping near the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin.
Read MoreThe Trust joined Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Shigeo Yamada and representatives from the U.S. Department of Interior for a ceremonial planting on April 10 to celebrate the gift of 250 cherry trees from the Government of Japan, in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall hosted a special installment of their Monumental Conversations series on April 7, honoring the leadership and service of women in the United States Armed Forces.
Read MoreThe National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall will hold a Cherry Blossom Tree Care Media Availability to highlight how National Park Service crews care for the flowering Japanese cherry trees and how the Trust perpetuates the international gift of the trees. The availability will be held at the newly restored Tidal Basin seawall, where a number of newly planted cherry trees are located.
Read MoreAs the iconic cherry trees reach peak bloom in Washington, D.C., during America’s 250th anniversary year, the Trust for the National Mall and National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are celebrating the recent announcement that DAR is making a transformative $2 million gift to the nation as the foundational Legacy Leader of the Trust’s Cherry Tree Endowment.
Read MoreTrust for the National Mall president and CEO Catherine Townsend joined Chair Rosie Rios and national business leaders to celebrate the USA and mark 250 years of American ingenuity, joining America250 at the New York Stock Exchange for the opening bell that heralded the arrival of the Semiquincentennial.
Read MoreOn March 17, 2026 the Trust for the National Mall and the National Park Service gathered volunteers and National Park Rangers to celebrate the 2025 achievements of the Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program, and to look ahead to new initiatives coming to celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary in 2026.
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