In more recent years, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have been added to The Mall. Throughout the latter 20th century, Washington has been the site of inspiration and turmoil. The massive protest demonstrations against the Vietnam War came later in the decade. In the 1970s, the Watergate apartment, hotel and office complex became a household name after the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters by aides to Republican President, Richard M. Nixon, who eventually resigned in the wake of the scandal. At the start of the new century, Washington remains one of the most visited and most beautiful cities in the world.
Visitors come to see the monuments and memorials and to revel in the nation's history.
It is an ever-changing, modern city and capital.