1 Stop 1 of 9 on Monuments to the Dead

Introduction

National Mall, Washington DC

A Preview

"You're standing in the middle of the National Mall, surrounded by the most powerful collection of memorials on Earth. And every single one of them almost didn't happen. The most visited memorial in Washington was designed by a twenty-one-year-old college student who got a B-plus for it. Veterans called her design a black gash of shame."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Monuments to the Dead

Monuments to the Dead

9 stops · 2h

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Tour Stops

Follow the full Monuments to the Dead route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The World War Two Memorial
  3. 3 The DC War Memorial
  4. 4 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  5. 5 The Korean War Veterans Memorial
  6. 6 The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
  7. 7 The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  8. 8 The Jefferson Memorial
  9. 9 The Reveal

Hear the full story at Introduction

This is just one of 9 stops on the Monuments to the Dead tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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