National Mall Monuments videos

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Some clips from my vantage point at President Barack Obama's Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009 at the National Mall between the Capitol Building and Washington Monument.

The crowd at the foot of the Washington Monument prior to the Inauguration of President Obama, January 20, 2009.

Among the annual traditions which mark the arrival of spring in Washington is the Smithsonian Kite Festival. On a Saturday in early spring, kites fly over The National Mall in a place close to the Washington Monument. VOA's Ernest Leong reports on the festival, where imagination soared as high as the kites.

For more than 200 years, the National Mall has provided our nation a grand and symbolic setting for ceremonial, cultural, political and recreational activities for residents and visitors to Washington, DC. However, with more than 25 million visitors each year and $350 million in deferred maintenance the National Mall has suffered. We want citizens and visitors to continue to feel a deep sense of pride in the National Mall and know that it is a place that is admired and respected throughout ...

Washington, DC planners prepare for the inauguration of President Barack Obama and possibly 5 million visitors on the National Mall. The layout stretches from the Capitol past the Washington Monument all the way to the Lincoln Memorial.

July 4, 2006 fireworks at the Washington DC National Mall in front of the Washington monument.

Crowds streamed into the nation's capital Tuesday, jamming subway cars and packing the National Mall from the Capitol to the Washington Monument hours before President-elect Barack Obama was to be sworn in. (Jan. 20)

Everyone knows DC for the iconic National Mall monuments and museums, but DC is so much more than the White House. Here Anya discovers the real treasures of DC... including the funky Eastern Market, upscale Dupont Circle, bustling U Street, the famous Ben's Chili Bowl, and other fun spontaneous encounters. Produced by Lauren Saffa for Lonelyplanet.tv ... "Lonely Planet" Washington DC "Ben's Chilli bowl" "National Mall Monuments" museum "White House" Eastern Market city travel highlights ...

The National Mall in Washington, DC has been neglected for years. Much of it is now a national eyesore rather than national treasure. Private donors are looking to take on the rejuvenation.

Landing flight path over the Washington DC National Mall to Reagan International Airport, featuring the Lincoln Memorial (briefly), Washington Monument and United States Capitol. Evening of January 18th, 2009.

Driving under the National Mall, the Washington Monument.

National Mall on a Friday (kinda cloudy) afternoon

Jazmine and I decided to run off and check out the monuments at the National Mall. It was a blast!

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A time-lapse sequence of photos taken from 6 am to 6 pm Tuesday from the US Capitol Balustrade looking west at the Washington Monument.

National Mall: US Capitol, Washington Monument, Smithsonian institution, National Museum of Arts and Luray Caverns.

A tour of the monuments and memorials of the US' National Mall starting with the National Museum of the American Indian - March 2009 Capitol Hill

Talk on American monuments and memorials, Part I, given at the Jay Heritage Center, Rye, NY by Judith Dupre, author of Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory (Random House, 2007).

Thievery Corporation goes beyond Washington, DC's monuments and into the DJ duo's custom studio, nightclub and restaurant. In part 1, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton show off the school tour version of DC - the White House, the Treasury Department, and the Washington Monument - calling it a "Disneyworld set for people to feel good about." They also flash back to Operation Ceasefire, an event they DJ'd on the National Mall at the beginning of the Iraq War, which was quickly followed by an IRS audit ...

The US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps performs at the National Mall in Washington, DC in May of 2007. ... Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps National Mall Washington Monument

I thought I would share the last 2 minutes (Grand Finale) of a 30 minute firework show I saw over the 4th in DC I was looking west towards Lincoln Memorial, about 50 ft. west of Washington Monument to my back. Thousands of people were there all over DC and the Mall. Quite the patriotic feeling. Oh, sorry about the view changes,,,Enjoy

These are pictures that I took on my way to, at, and from the "Mounted Games Across America" event on 15 June 2008. Riders on ponies do tricks such as snatching a ball off a cone or popping a balloon. I only got to photograph two of the races (hence the shortness of this video). But I did bookend it with some nice shots of the National Mall environs. I used my Canon SLR and mostly my Canon L-series 70-200mm telephoto lens.

Washington, DC is a sight to behold in the spring. I took this video on Saturday, March 29, on the National Mall and around the Washington Monument and Tidal Basin. It does not do justice to seeing the cherry blossoms in person. It's also quite something to see the mass of people in the middle of DC The cherry blossoms were at their absolute peaks that day, and the weather could not have been more perfect. I did edit this a little bit to remove short bits where I was just killing tape....