National Mall - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/tag/national-mall/ The strange but true life and times of Washington, DC Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:41:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 64826792 Folklife Festival 2014 Features “America’s No. 1 Enemy” and “Obama’s Birthplace” https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/folklife-festival-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=folklife-festival-2014 https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/folklife-festival-2014/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:58:29 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=982 The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is the annual event in which America feigns interest in cultural traditions that are not her own, typically from countries we consider to be our pals. Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/folklife-festival-2014/feed/ 2 982 Wish We Here — DC Postcards #9 https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcards-9 https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:03:13 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=947 Happy Summer Solstice 2014, the longest day of the year! Here’s our latest altered DC postcard, encouraging you to tour DC’s Space Needle, follow the National Arboretum trail to the Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/feed/ 0 947 Born to Be Mild: Rolling Thunder Rumbles into DC https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/rolling-thunder-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rolling-thunder-dc https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/rolling-thunder-dc/#respond Wed, 28 May 2014 00:13:34 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=829 On Memorial Day weekend, the patriotic motorcycle rally Rolling Thunder rumbled into DC for its annual tribute to our country’s veterans. Tens of thousands of Baby Boomer bikers roared down Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/rolling-thunder-dc/feed/ 0 829 Wish We Were Here — DC Postcards #6 https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/dc-postcards-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcards-6 https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/dc-postcards-6/#respond Mon, 12 May 2014 12:49:25 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=750 A nice evening for a dip in the fountain in the sixth of our series of altered postcards we’d like to see in DC gift shops.

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/dc-postcards-6/feed/ 0 750 Cowboy Indian Alliance Rally Ends with a Bang and a Whoop https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/cowboy-indian-keystone-protest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cowboy-indian-keystone-protest https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/cowboy-indian-keystone-protest/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:45:20 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=673 On Saturday, April 26, at 11 a.m., thousands gathered on the National Mall for the finale of a weeklong protest to reject construction of a transcontinental oil pipeline and protect Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/awesome-con-costume-record/feed/ 0 570 Overheard: Spider-Man Caught in Political Web https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:57:38 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=616   Welcome to the second in our series of eavesdropped conversations. [We couldn’t help but overhear your private conversation in a public place.]   EXT. NATIONAL MALL, NEAR REFLECTING POOL Continue Reading →

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