Entire National Mall to Close on Inauguration Day

“The entire National Mall will be closed for Inauguration Day, only accessible by media and security personnel,” the Washington Post reports.

“The extraordinary closure is the latest in a series of security measures to harden the city against the type of violence that rocked the Capitol on Jan. 6. Local and federal officials had already established a downtown security zone and called up more than 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the presidential swearing in on Jan. 20.”