The NPS stopped giving crowd-size estimates for events on the Mall in 1996, after facing a lawsuit over its estimate for the Million Man March, a 1995 political protest. The Park Service will ...

Media outlets plan to take photos from the top of the Washington Monument, which will give an overview of the entire inaugural crowd.

open image in gallery The crowd size during Trump’s first inauguration became a political football. The National Park Service is keen to avoid another culture war. (Getty Images) Following a ...

The NPS stopped giving crowd-size estimates for events on the Mall in 1996, after facing a lawsuit over its estimate for the Million Man March, a 1995 political protest. The Park Service will be ...