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Reflecting Pool refilled as project nears completion

For over a year and a half, the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall has not done any reflecting.

Tags: reflecting pool, construction, Lincoln Memorial, andrew mollenbeck

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Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool poised to reopen

Tags: Lincoln Memorial, Tidal Basin

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Movie masterpieces come to Screen on the Green (VIDEO)

WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley previews the Screen on the Green series.

Tags: Screen on the Green, jason fraley, movies

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Broderick, O'Hara among Capitol Fourth performers

Find out who will be on the bill for the Capitol Fourth concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol.

Tags: nathan hager, 4th of july, Independence Day,

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200,000 Girl Scouts gather on National Mall

Girl Scouts from across the country gathered on the National Mall to celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary with celebrities including Mandy Moore.

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End in sight for some National Mall projects

There's an end in sight for two of the construction projects that have taken over key spots on the National Mall.

Tags: National Park Service, Max Smith, Stephen Whitesell, washington monument

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National Book Festival announces lineup of authors

Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year.

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Koch gives Smithsonian $35M for new dinosaur hall

An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinosaur hall on the National Mall, the museum complex announced Thursday.

Tags: dinosaurs, David H. Koch,

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Jury names winners to redo parts of National Mall

The nonprofit Trust for the National Mall is naming the winners of a design competition to overhaul three neglected sites on the expanse often called America's front yard.

Tags: art, national mall design competition

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Smithsonian welcomes Discovery to space collection

Space shuttle Discovery is preparing to move into its new home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum annex in northern Virginia.

Tags: Space Shuttle Discovery, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian, Hains Point, Old Town, National Harbor

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