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Assan Beach, the 2,500-yard shoreline stretching between Punta Adilok (Adelup Point) and Punta Assan (Asan Point), which the Marines in World War II called a "pair of devil horns," is a poignant symbol of the Guam's complex history, blending indigenous CHamoru traditions, wartime struggle, and ongoing military presence. In many ways, the story of Guam can be read through the story of Assan Beach. Talk a walk through history at Assan Beach.

Paul Cady speaks with Susan Spain, the National Mall Plan Project Executive and a landscape architect with the National Park Service for more than twenty-four years. In the first of this three part series, they’ll talk about the design of the National Mall turf renovation project.

Over Memorial Day weekend in 1971, more than two hundred Vietnam veterans took part of a three day anti-war protest. Organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, this protest began in Concord and Lexington, home to many Revolutionary War era historic sites, and ended on the Boston Common on Memorial Day, following the overnight at Bunker Hill.

The National Park Service cares for and preserves thousands of items that are left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial every year.

Men in uniform walk along the Korean War Veterans Memorial wall.

National Mall and Memorial Parks is a diverse national park with distinctive sites that excite and enchant visitors while they learn the history of our nation. Begin your journey through “America’s Front Yard,” home to some of the nation's more iconic memorials located in the heart of the nation's capital.