'Core areas' of National Mall to be closed Friday through day after Inauguration Day
by Courtney Pomeroy
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: American Flags fly at half staff on the National Mall on January 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump ordered American flags to fly at half staff to honor two U.S. Capitol Police officers who died following the violence on Capitol Hill last Wednesday. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)