Eisenhower family on memorial: Go back to the drawing board

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19. "We don't need to tear up the Mall" I agree, but the Mall IS torn up now, literally

I can't figure it out. The grass on the Mall was wrecked from various large events including O's inauguration but all the Park Serv. needed to do was put some fences around it so the grass would grow back. Instead, they are literally tearing the entire Mall apart. One visitor asked me if they were building an underground parking lot because that's what it looks like.