[Red_Devil 232]

The “temporary” buildings on the north side of the Mall, many erected during World War I, remained until work began on Constitution Gardens for the U.S. Bicentennial celebration of 1976.

Library of Congress

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his celebrated “I Have a Dream Speech” from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. The National Mall is perhaps the country’s single most visible forum for the exercise of free speech and democracy.

[pianomikey]

Great find! For anyone who hasn’t done it yet, compare the 1963 pic to the One Nation photo on their home page:

http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/content/main

That was pretty low by One Nation, ripping off Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr to be able to put up a photo that isn’t embarassing. Notice that they ask you to share STORIES, not PHOTOS. Get a screen shot. After this, they’ll be taking it down for sure.

[Captain Rhino]

During the summer of 1971, I was temporarily stationed at Henderson Hall in Arlington, VA. Henderson Hall is a small USMC facility that provides support services to Headquarters, Marine Corps which, in turn, is located in the Navy Annex (FOB2). All of these places are located off photo to the upper left behind the acres of solemn crosses of the Arlington National Cemetery. At the time, I was attending Marine Security Guard (MSG) School prior to going out on embassy duty. (MSG School has long since moved to MCB Quantico, VA.)

On several occasions, I and some of my classmates walked across the Francis Scott Key Bridge (upper left hand corner of the photo) for some sightseeing on the National Mall. The last of those “temporary” buildings (at least on the left hand side) were being torn down then. It was always the weekend when we walked across - usually a Sunday - and no demolition work per se was going on; just the torn open buildings silently standing exposed to view in the midst of this beautiful capital.