Muster Grounds and Malarial Breeding Grounds: The National Mall During the US Civil War

Join Park Ranger Caroline Liaupsin in an exploration of the National Mall in the years leading up to, during, and after the US Civil War. Discover the unique landscape design, territorial battles between government agencies, the structures that inhabited the mall, why there were so many cattle there, and much more.

Caroline Liaupsin is a park ranger at the National Mall and Memorial Parks. She studied history at the George Washington University with a focus on midcentury DC history and preservation. Her interest in the National Mall developed from a long-standing fascination with landscape architecture, historical memory, and preservation. Her senior thesis: “Protecting a ‘Bit of Country in the City’: The Georgetown Citizens Association and the Preservationist Politics of Exclusivity, 1950-1970.” has been published in the History Matters Journal. Caroline’s work can also be found on WOWD-LP Takoma Radio, where she hosts DIY Not, a radio show about the DC underground music scene.