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President's Park (White House)
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Monuments
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First Division Monument

Monuments

What is a monument?  A monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons. President's Park has several monuments such as First Division Monument and Zero Milestone Monument.

 
Second Division Memorial

Memorials

What is a memorial?  A structure erected to commemorate persons or events. There are several memorials in President's Park such as Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain, Second Division Memorial and Boy Scout Memorial.

 
Lafayette Statue

Statues

What is a statue? A statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. A variety of statues can be seen at President's Park such as Rochambeau, Jackson, von Steuben, Lafayette and Kosciuszko.
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Come walk with our nation's stories in President's Park
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Andrew Jackson, 7th President: 1829-1837  

Did You Know?
In Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a pleasure trip to Baltimore in 1833. Jackson, who had never been on a train before, was the first president to take a ride on the "Iron Horse," as locomotives were known then.

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Last Updated: August 24, 2006 at 10:12 EST