Cunningham is president of Trust for the National Mall, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, working to restore and maintain our monuments. Did you grow up with the National Mall?

Yes. When I was young we’d come to Washington every summer because my cousins lived in Arlington. The fireworks and the Lincoln Memorial were my first experience of the Mall. Having lived in Washington 25 years this month, it never ceases to inspire and amaze me.

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