Washington Mall

Cultural  

1. A long, rectangular stretch of parkland in the middle of Washington, D.C., that extends from the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial to the United States Capitol. The Washington Monument and the Vietnam Memorial are located on the Mall; the different museums of the Smithsonian Institution are found along either side.

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Example Sentences

The leaders and their wives greeted each other in the White House’s Diplomatic Room before departing to tour the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Washington Mall.

From Washington Times

In a Washington mall on Wednesday evening, the front doors to the great Beyond were locked.

From Washington Post

“Their names are now forever engraved here on our incredible Washington mall,” Mr. Emhoff said, speaking for the Biden-Harris administration.

From Washington Times

Officer Smith, a 12-year veteran of the department, loved his patrol beat near the Washington Mall so much that he would not put in for promotion for fear of being transferred.

From New York Times

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum, with its vocabulary of voids and negative spaces, attracts hordes of tourists, but seems more suited to the Washington Mall than to downtown Manhattan.

From New York Times