National Mall

As the nation mourns the loss of more than 400,000 Americans — as of Tuesday — to the coronavirus pandemic, people began calling for a temporary memorial in honor of the deceased to stay permanent.

Almost 200,000 U.S. flags are on display at the National Mall ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

The entire National Mall will be closed to the public on Inauguration Day, two federal officials tell NBC News. The closure is the latest of several tight security measures in the wake of the Capitol riot

Up to 15,000 people are expected to attend Let Us Worship from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Glenn Wortmann, chief of infectious diseases at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, says it’s very difficult to protect yourself from COVID-19 at these types of large gatherings. “It’s concerning,” he said. “I mean, anytime there’s a group of a large number of...

The National Prayer March led by Evangelical Rev. Franklin Graham drew crowds to downtown Washington, D.C. on Saturday estimated to be thousands large. The prayer event was focused on healing the country amid a pandemic, civil strife and division, not to support any specific party or political issue, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which put together the march, said....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday attended a memorial for the 200,000 American lives lost to the coronavirus, saying, “It’s just incomprehensible, the situation we find ourselves in.”

Two mothers say uniformed U.S. Secret Service officers held them at gunpoint and separated them from their infant children for almost an hour last week. India Johnson and Yasmeen Winston decided to take their infant sons to the World War II Memorial to splash around in the fountain July 30. Johnson parked her car on Constitution Avenue near the White…

The House has passed a bill to establish a Smithsonian museum for American Latinos that would showcase Latino history, art and culture.

Crowds of people gathered at the National Mall in D.C. on Saturday to watch a Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flyover, with at least some at the scene appearing to ignore social distancing rules.

Take a little break from coronavirus coverage to look at the beauty of cherry blossom trees which line the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but were brought to the United States from Japan.

The White House says President Donald Trump will become the first president to attend the annual anti-abortion gathering in Washington called the March for Life.

For the first time in three years, you can go to the top of the Washington Monument and see panoramic views of the Capitol, all the monuments and everything in between.

Volunteers for a veterans group handed out 5,000 free T-shirts emblazoned with “USS John McCain” ahead of President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” celebrations on the National Mall.

The Trump administration has released long-awaited details on “Salute to America,” months after promising an expanded celebration in Washington, D.C., featuring the president himself.

President Donald Trump has announced a 4th of July ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial, promising “one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C.”

A Native American who was seen in online video being taunted outside the Lincoln Memorial said Sunday he felt compelled to get between two groups with his ceremonial drum to defuse a confrontation. Nathan Phillips said in an interview with The Associated Press that he was trying to keep peace between some Kentucky high school students and a black religious...

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made a brief surprise visit Monday to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travel. Over the weekend, some airports had long lines at checkpoints, apparently caused by a rising number of security officers calling in sick while they are not getting paid. Safety inspectors aren’t even on the job. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Monday that inspectors are being called back to work...

Nonprofits, businesses and state governments nationwide are putting up money and volunteer hours in a battle to keep national parks safe and clean for visitors as the partial U.S. government shutdown lingers. But such makeshift arrangements haven’t prevented some parks from closing and others from being inundated with trash. Support groups say donations of money and time could run short...