The Smithsonian does not operate any parking facilities except at the National Zoo, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and the Anacostia Community Museum. 1  There are numerous commercial parking lots and garages located within several blocks of the museums on and near the National Mall.
According to Sheffield, the First World War began for two fundamental reasons: First, decision-makers in Berlin and Vienna chose to pursue a course that they hoped would bring about significant political advantages even if it brought about general war.irst World War: 'the violent birth of the modern world'. The events that led up to the assassination are significantly more complicated, but most scholars agree that the gradual emergence of a group of alliances between major powers was partly to blame for the descent into war.
Causes of the war. There was no single event that caused World War One (WWI). War happened because of several different events that took place in the years building up to 1914. Firstly, there was the role of empire.Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia all had empires. This meant that they ruled many countries all over the world.owever, the trigger for the beginning of WWI occurred on 28 June 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was shot while he was visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia. He was killed by a Serbian person, who thought that Serbia should control Bosnia instead of Austria.