The Trust for the National Mall and The National Cherry Blossom Festival are thrilled to announce the return of #BloomCam to track #BlossomWatch, the most anticipated event of the year on the National Mall. Live feed of the Tidal Basin will be available during the peak bloom period here: https://nationalmall.org/bloomcam and will allow people from around the world to virtually view the beloved blossoming cherry trees along the Tidal Basin in real time as they bloom.
Read MoreInitiated by the Trust for the National Mall and the National Trust for Historic Preservation together with the National Park Service alongside civic partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and American Express, the proposals respond to daily flooding and crumbling infrastructure that threaten the sustainability of Washington, D.C.’s 107-acre site.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall is spearheading the creation of a new U.S. Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center on the National Mall as part of the long-term plan to restore, enrich, and preserve “America’s Front Yard.” Located between the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lincoln Memorials, this new destination will transform visitors' experience, create an interactive education center with areas to observe horses, improve facilities used by the mounted patrols, and increase public safety and accessibility in the surrounding area.
Read MoreThe Great American Outdoors Act -- the greatest conservationist law in half a century --was signed into law today by the President of the United States. It is a historic, bipartisan conservationist bill that will support local economies, improve outdoor recreational areas, and protect public lands.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall is thrilled to stand with the many partners across the country in celebrating the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act, passed yesterday by the House of Representatives (following the Senate passage in late June).
Read MoreThe events that have unfolded over the last week have been both heart wrenching and thought-provoking. The senseless loss of lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many others because of systemic racism and lack of accountability by authorities cannot be washed away as easily as the graffiti that defaced the Lincoln and WWII Memorials last weekend. We will restore these structures but the damage done by racism in every form is much harder to repair.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall is pleased to join with hundreds of groups representing state and regional tourism, local businesses, veterans groups, engineering and planning firms, conservation organizations, and the outdoor recreation industry to call on Congress to pass the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422) to invest in critical repair needs of national parks and other public lands.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall, The National Cherry Blossom Festival and the National Park Service are thrilled to announce a new #BloomCam to allow people to virtually monitor DC’s famous budding cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in real time as they bloom.
Read MoreWith closures, cancellations and uncertainty throughout the Nation's Capital, one thing remains constant this year: Washington, D.C.’s beloved cherry trees will blossom this spring as they have for more than 100 years – a reminder of the coming of spring and the emergence from a long, dark winter.
Read MoreThe National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveiled its 2019 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, an annual list that spotlights important examples of our nation's architectural and cultural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.
Read MoreToday the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the National Mall Tidal Basin to its National Treasures portfolio and announced plans to partner with the Trust for National Mall and the National Park Service over the next three years to address the 107-acre site’s pressing need for critical upgrades and modernization, including a crumbling sea wall and daily flooding that swamps sidewalks.
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall launched the Endow a Cherry Tree Campaign today in partnership with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. This campaign supports all 3,700 cherry trees on the National Mall and aims to provide additional annual resources for the care and maintenance of the trees.
Read MoreU.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Angus King (I-ME) and House Representatives Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA) have introduced legislation that would address the nearly $12 billion backlog in long-delayed maintenance projects at the National Park Service (NPS).
Read MoreThe Trust for the National Mall and the National Park Service marked the official opening of the restored Lockkeeper’s House with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The oldest structure on the National Mall has been the subject of a major restoration project for the past year and a half that has transformed the house into an educational and visitor contact location on the National Mall.
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