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The Ellipse and Treasury Park
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Abraham Lincoln's White House
The Ellipse and Treasury Park
The area south of the White House, now known as the Ellipse, frequently was the site of Union Army encampments. The area even further south around the unfinished Washington Monument was used to graze cattle for…
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