Word: malling
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Finally, we all found each other and managed to get a spot on the sidewalk in front of the Capitol. We'd chosen the spot so that we could hear the music, both the concert before the fireworks and the music that accompanies them. The Mall show is famous for the 1812 Overture with real cannons...
...real Washingtonian until you've seen the July 4 fireworks on the Mall...
...Fourth of July, people come pouring in from all over the country to see what is supposed to be the best fireworks display anywhere. On the other side of the Mall, the National Symphony Orchestra plays on the Capitol Lawn. Over 500,000 people were on the Mall this year, creating a scene that looked like the Lincoln Memorial war protest in "Forrest Gump...
...started with a traditional barbecue in Arlington, Virginia, right across the river from downtown D.C. While some of our crowd of about 15 took the Metro to the Mall to stake out a spot for our picnic blankets, the rest of us went to Adams Morgan to drop off a car at someone's house. We didn't realize the walk back to the Capitol was a good 40 blocks, and we were pretty tired by the time we fought our way through the crowds on the Mall...
When we reached the statue where we were supposed to meet everyone else, they weren't there. We found out later that they were waiting in blocks-long lines at the Metro station, waiting to get farecards. The Mall on the Fourth of July is the definition of a logistical nightmare...