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

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 • Mar. 10, 2022

“My friends, let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution,” Lewis told the huge crowd on the Washington Mall.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2020

In 1979, Pope John Paul II concluded his week-long tour of the United States with a Mass on the Washington Mall.

From Washington Times • Oct. 7, 2018

The journalism-centric museum on the Washington Mall lets anyone stand in front of a green screen and deliver a news segment.

From The Verge • Aug. 25, 2016

Then the flowers and adulation would go to the condemned man, and the Bureau would add his name to the plaque at the base of the towering statue on the Washington Mall.

From The Executioner by Riley, Frank