National Mall

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Trevor Tarsa, left, and John Vogt received their MBA's, among 6,000 other graduates from George Washington University that participated in graduation ceremonies at the National Mall on Sunday, May 18. Khalid Naji-allah/Special to the Washington Times

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People enjoy warm weather at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. For years, the mall's grounds and facilities have fallen into disrepair, even though it's is the most-visited national park. Visitors often find dead grass, broken sidewalks and fetid pools of water. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A woman rides a bicycle past pooling trash and pollen in the lake at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. For years, the mall's grounds and facilities have fallen into disrepair, even though it's is the most-visited national park. Visitors often find dead grass, broken sidewalks and fetid pools of water. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Actress Bellamy Young, center, who plays first lady Mellie Grant in the television show Scandal, is greeted by excited tourists as she tours the National Mall in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. The 44-year-old actress is visiting Washington for the first time since she started playing Mellie Grant in “Scandal” and will attend the White House correspondents’ dinner this weekend. On Friday, she joined a tour with a nonprofit group working to restore the National Mall. She stepped gingerly in heels around potholes, mud and broken sidewalks in an area called Constitution Gardens. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Actress Bellamy Young, who plays first lady Mellie Grant in the television show Scandal, tours the National Mall with the Lincoln Memorial in the background in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. The 44-year-old actress is visiting Washington for the first time since she started playing Mellie Grant in “Scandal” and will attend the White House correspondents’ dinner this weekend. On Friday, she joined a tour with a nonprofit group working to restore the National Mall. She stepped gingerly in heels around potholes, mud and broken sidewalks in an area called Constitution Gardens. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Actress Bellamy Young, who plays first lady Mellie Grant in the television show Scandal, tours the National Mall by the reflecting pool with the Washington Monument in the background, in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. The 44-year-old actress is visiting Washington for the first time since she started playing Mellie Grant in “Scandal” and will attend the White House correspondents’ dinner this weekend. On Friday, she joined a tour with a nonprofit group working to restore the National Mall. She stepped gingerly in heels around potholes, mud and broken sidewalks in an area called Constitution Gardens. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Lusine Katrjyan and her fiance Vardan Karpeyan of Dumon, N.J. checks out tulips near the Tidal Basin on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 28, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Lusine Katrjyan and her fiance Vardan Karpeyan of Dumon, N.J. checks out tulips near the Tidal Basin on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 28, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)