Existing comment:
1873:
The South Grounds are extended to their current configuration.
1880:
The Ellipse is completed on the south side of the White House.
1924:
The First Division Monument becomes the first memorial in Washington honoring soldiers who fought in World War I. Later additions commemorate soldiers from this division who served in subsequent conflicts.
1933:
President's Park becomes part of the National Park System.
1935:
The Olmsted Brothers, a landscape architecture firm, creates a White House landscape plan that includes a redesign of Sherman Park and extends E Street. |