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Scavenger Hunt! NPS Arrowhead – Did You Know Will Help Preserve the World’S Plants, That You Are in a National Park? Animals, Natural Lands and Our Heritage Other Things Hiding for You to Seek TRACK your hike at President’s Park The Ellipse – This large oval of grass was created kidsinparks.com as a parade ground. Until 1890, the groundskeeper would only allow children on the Ellipse. How many and get FREE prizes! Scavenger activities can you count happening on the Ellipse now? Thanks for joining us on the Hunt Original Patentees Memorial – Look trail today! Visit our website near the Boy Scout Memorial for a to find more TRACK Trail™ simple granite block. This memorial adventures near you! TM honors the landowners of the 1700s TM who gave their land so that Washington, DC could be created. Hey TRACK, let’s go The next generation of stewards on a scavenger hunt! NPS Arrowhead – Did you know will help preserve the world’s plants, that you are in a national park? animals, natural lands and our heritage. What will you do to make a difference? Navy Yard Urns – The tall bronze urns in Lafayette Park were cast at the historic Navy Yard in Washington, DC using melted ™ cannons from the Civil War. Kids in Parks... Sounds fun, KIP! We can play in Providing a network of Elm Trees – Look for elm trees of various sizes President’s Park. surrounding the Ellipse. Many of the original elm trees fun-filled adventures that get planted here died of Dutch Elm Disease in the early kids and families active outdoors 1900s. Can you tell which elm trees are originals and and connected to nature. which ones are replacements? Kids in Parks Founding Partners Paul Wray Explore President’s Paul Wray Kathy Smith Park and see what treasures you can TM find hiding here! This project was financed in part by the National Park Service’s CONNECT TRAILS TO PARKS program, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System in 2018. Discover treasures in The White House don’t forget to Lafayette take a photo! The White House was Statue completed in 1800 after eight General Marquis de Lafayette, President’s Park years of construction. George a French general who fought in In addition to the White House, there are Washington was the only the Revolutionary War, was many amazing things to see in President’s Park. President that did not live in the a friend of George Washington. Follow along the trail and discover just a few White House. How old is the He was the first foreign guest of the stories this park has to tell. White House now? to stay at the White House. Name another general who is honored with a statue in 1st Division Monument H Street Lafayette Park: This monument honors the soldiers of the First Division Lafayette Park Jackson Place of the American Madison Place Expeditionary Forces who gave their lives Pennsylvania Ave. during World War I. New York Ave. Sherman Statue Draw the shape of the General William flower bed in front of G Street the memorial. T. Sherman stood here Eisenhower while looking over Executive Office Treasury returning Civil War troops Building White House Department in 1865. Look at the National Christmas Tree F Street mosaics around the base of the pedestal. This live Colorado Blue Spruce was Can you name one of transplanted here from Virginia in 2012. the battles in which Each year the President lights the National Sherman General Sherman Christmas Tree in early December. 1st Division Park fought? How tall do you How many months Monument fountain think this tree is? during the year will Pennsylvania Ave. S this tree stay green? Ellipse Visitor White House National Pavilion Visitor Center Christmas Tree Boy Scout Memorial 2nd Division Trailhead This memorial was built at the site of the first Boy Ellipse Memorial Scout Jamboree in 1937. The flaming sword in the middle Boy Scout Scouts across the country of this memorial symbolizes the Memorial helped raise money for 15th Street blocking of the German army’s the memorial. Scrolls advance into Paris. Look for the 17th Street signed by the donors Second Division’s insignia, a were placed in the Native American head within 2nd Division Memorial Constitution Ave. pedestal of the statue. a star, on the sword’s handle. .
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