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SUMMARY:What’s the Latest with Memorials\, Museums\, and Public Act
 ivity on our National Mall? - VIRTUAL 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="color: #ff0000\;"><strong>NEW
 :</strong> You will need to be signed into Zoom to attend this program via
  the web.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff0000\;">To sign in\, you m
 ust first create a free account: <a href="https://zoom.us/signup">https://
 zoom.us/signup</a></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff0000\;">Once you 
 are signed in on Zoom\, return to this page and click on the link below to
  join the program.</span></p>\n<p>---</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now?
  No worries! Find out how to&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://www.montgomery
 countymd.gov/Library/services/registration.html">Get a Library Card</a></s
 trong>.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<strong>Join our event here:&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong
 > <strong>&nbsp\;<a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85840564835">https://u
 s06web.zoom.us/j/85840564835</a>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Or Dial In:â€
 ¯301 715 8592\; Meeting ID:&nbsp\; 858 4056 4835</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>With th
 e easing of covid restrictions\, once again the National Mall is alive wit
 h activity as visitors from near and far explore our reopened national mus
 eums and monuments\, stroll the majestic public open space\, and participa
 te in First Amendment celebrations and protests. But challenges loom\, and
  solutions are hard to come by.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The Smithsonian is seeking 
 locations in DC for two new museums &ndash\; the Women&rsquo\;s History Mu
 seum and the Museum of the American Latino. Congress prefers sites on the 
 National Mall. Government planning agencies disagree. The Mall\, they say\
 , is full &ndash\; a &ldquo\;completed work of civic art.&rdquo\; Where wi
 ll they go?</p>\n<p>Protective of the new turn grass it installed in 2016\
 , the National Park Service wants to move large public gatherings off the 
 Mall. In recent years\, the popular Solar Decathlon and National Book Fest
 ival have decamped to other locations. What is the future of public activi
 ty on the Mall?</p>\n<p>Flooding is an existential threat to Smithsonian m
 useums and collections\, to our monuments\, and to the whole Federal Trian
 gle area\, as highlighted last fall on the front page of The New York Time
 s. Why is there no agreed-upon solution?</p>\n<p>Join art historian Judy S
 cott Feldman\, chair of the nonprofit National Mall Coalition\, to learn a
 bout the problems and ongoing efforts to address them\, and to consider so
 me solutions proposed by the architects\, historians\, and planners of the
  Coalition.</p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\; padding: 50px\; backg
 round-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F2CD37\,#f1d45e)\;">By j
 oining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agree to abide by our&nbsp\;<span s
 tyle="text-decoration: underline\;"><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.go
 v/library/policies/behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.</span>&nbsp\;Libra
 ry staff has the authority to remove you from this program if we deem your
  behavior to be inappropriate\, to ensure the safety of staff and customer
 s.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a href="https://
 montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn about MCPL's Zoom
  Security Settings</a></span></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</stro
 ng></p>\n<p>Please <a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessi
 bility/interpreter.html">place your request for English-language captionin
 g or sign language interpretation</a> at least five days before the librar
 y-sponsored program you plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities a
 nd Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodat
 ion requests.</p>\n<p><sub><em>GEN 1.1 01/06/2022</em></sub></p>\nhttps://
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