National Mall Insider's Tour

Walking tour

$45.002 h

meet at Lincoln Memorial (bottom of the steps), Washington, District of Columbia, 20002

Join us for an insider's walk through the National Mall, where history, nature, and events come alive. See the memorials, and learn hidden stories with a retired ranger who managed the Mall for 15 years.

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Learn how Abraham Lincoln, Marian Anderson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights.

Feel emotions evoked by the statues of American troops, and learn why the Wall of Remembrance was added.

Walk the site of Resurrection City, the community built on the Mall by the Poor People's Campaign in the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination.

Walk through the Mountain of Despair to get to the Stone of Hope, and learn about Dr. King's fight for equality.

See memorials to both World Wars and learn about the rise and fall of fascism.

Learn why it took so long to build.