African American Museum To Have A Home On national Mall

A new African American history museum will be built on a site in the capitol’s Mall. “The five-acre site has belonged to the government since 1791 and was endorsed by both the major plans for downtown Washington, the L’Enfant Plan of 1791 and the McMillian Plan of 1901, as an suitable place for a building. It was considered as a location for the State Department and the World War II memorial.”