Festival Wreaks Havoc With Softball Schedule

By Alexander Comisar
Roll Call Staff
June 24, 2009, 12 a.m.

At about 5:30 p.m. on the average Thursday, the National Mall transforms into a massive cluster of softball fields where hundreds of Capitol Hill employees convene for their weekly dose of exercise and friendly sport. But starting today, tourists walking along the Mall will have fewer fly balls to dodge. The ball fields are being taken over by large tents, exotic art and everything else that rolls into town with the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival.



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