Peace Trail - National Mall
Peace Trail on the National Mall highlights peace themes in Washington, DC. Whether you’re visiting Washington, DC or interested in taking a virtual tour through American history, the Peace Trail on the National Mall brings a “peace lens” to the experience of visiting our nation’s capital. This self-guided walking tour and reference guide highlights peace themes among 13 iconic sites, offering examples of key leaders, institutions and moments in history that demonstrate America’s enduring commitment to peace.
App instructions: when you walk within 250 feet of a point of interest on the tour, the stop will automatically open with images and text. To turn this feature off, go into the 'Settings' wheel and turn OFF GPS Auto Play and Kiosk Mode.
App instructions: when you walk within 250 feet of a point of interest on the tour, the stop will automatically open with images and text. To turn this feature off, go into the 'Settings' wheel and turn OFF GPS Auto Play and Kiosk Mode.
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Rob. W.
Jun 15, 2018
It's great
The "Peace Trail" on the National Mall Though not offered by the National Park Service itself, the app is a ”self-guided walking tour and reference guide” which “highlights … thirteen iconic sites… that demonstrate America's enduring commitment to peace." As a patriotic combat veteran myself and as a keen lifelong student of American history I maintain that history amply show us to be a bellicose nation with our many wars from colonial times to the present, wars against Indians, French, Spanish, and British colonies and Caribbean nations in the Banana Wars, not to mention the Civil War and our big declared foreign wars from the Mexican War to World Wars I and II. Even before the US became one of the great powers, we fought two wars against the Barbary Pirates, small expeditionary wars to Sumatra (1838), the Ivory Coast in Africa (1842), Fiji (twice 1855, 1859), the Second Opium War (1859), Qui Nhon (1861), Shimonoseki in Japan (1863-4), Formosa (1867), Korea (1871), Second Samoan Civil War (1899), the Philippines (1899-1902) plus the Moro Rebellion (1899-1913). Missing from the trail is is Arlington Cemetery where visitors can contemplate the price of historic belligerence.