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The Appeal of Washington DC's National Mall

Written By Unknown on Thursday, December 22, 2011 | 2:36 AM


One of the attractions that exist in the United States National Mall in Washington DC. This is an open space used as a national park, located in downtown Washington, is located between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the Capitol to the Lincoln meeting rooms Memoriam. This park is managed by the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit and is actually part of the National Park Service (NPS) or the National Park Service in the United States.

This city park is a popular tourist attractions, visitors annually receives around 24 million people. The park was originally founded in 1965 and also to some old gardens, which were already there and managed to protect from the NPS. One of the historical value of this park was ample opportunity to the heritage of the various U.S. presidents, a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of veterans may remember.

In addition to the historical value is typical for a garden in the shade of a tree. This park has a unique feature, namely the tulips planted in land and grouped by color. As we know, is a typical Dutch tulips, but in this garden grow all kinds of tulips, and the Greigii Fosteriana kaufmanniana. These tulips bloom usually from April until the first week of May so if you go to the park and have planning to celebrate for the months look at the tulips and U.S. citizens or other tourists. Since the complete collection of tulips in the garden, then the region was invaded by tulip is called by the library.

In addition to the library of tulips, there are some other parts of the park can be visited, including the Constitution Gardens, the Tower of the old post office, John Ericsson monument memorial or monument Gorges Mason. Do not waste too many historical sites like the Washington Monument, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Veterans Memorial or the Lincoln. A visit to this park, you will see to guarantee satisfaction on the past history of America.
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