BALL FOR THE MALL 2024 PHOTO GALLERY

**BALL FOR THE MALL 2024 PHOTO GALLERY**

BALL for THE MALL 2024 welcomed 600+ guests in a grand tent beneath the Washington Monument celebrating the National Mall as the iconic space that champions no cause—but has always needed its own champions. The evening featured inspiring stories from our History, Heroes & Hope honorees: Musician and author Dave Grohl, Mellon Foundation's President Elizabeth Alexander and playwright and director George C. Wolfe. We also heard moving tributes to our honorees and a surprise concert by honoree Dave Grohl, which was a sold-out show! The Trust is grateful to the many corporate partners, generous supporters and philanthropists who joined us at BALL for THE MALL to support our mission with the National Park Service. Thank you to those who made a gift or a bid in the online auction of the autographed Epiphone DG-335 that was donated by Gibson and signed by Dave Grohl backstage!

Learn more here about the event and the 2024 Honorees.

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🎤 HEARD AT THE PODIUM 🎤

“Together, each of us ensures that the vitality and storytelling at the heart of the National Mall is preserved for everyone. From the folks who come here for their morning runs—like me—to visitors from around the world, everyone deserves to experience the history and beauty it stewards.”
- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland

“[The Mall] is a sacred place where people gather, and they give their heart and their faith and their belief in this powerful, vulnerable, extraordinary thing called democracy.”

- George C. Wolfe, History, Heroes & Hope honoree

“On behalf of everyone who's involved in trying to make certain that the National Mall is pristine and really in as good shape as possible and shows off the best to foreigners and Americans who come here in the year 2026, thank you all for what you're doing.”
- David M. Rubenstein, Co-founder and Co-chair, The Carlyle Group

“America’s Front Yard shines as a symbol of our democracy and freedom, and we certainly do not take it for granted.”
- Wolf Blitzer, CNN"s "The Situation Room"

"I [had] my rock and roll awakening at the base of the Lincoln Memorial steps in 1983!"
- Dave Grohl, History, Heroes & Hope honoree

“This is such a remarkable place, for generations it has served as a crossroads for routines of everyday life and rights of historic activation.”
- Elizabeth Alexander, History, Heroes & Hope honoree