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Dist of Columbia National Parks
National parks, monuments, natural reserves, historic sites of Dist of Columbia. Pages with photos are indicated with (pictures).

Anacostia
Washington
Baltimore-Washington way
Washington
Battleground
Washington
Capitol Hill s
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (pictures)
Potomac River
Constitution Gardens
Washington
Ford's Theatre
Washington D.C.
Fort Dupont
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Washington
Frederick Douglass
Washington
George Mason Memorial
Washington
Kenilworth & Aquatic Gardens
Washington
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Washington
Lincoln Memorial (pictures)
Washington
Mary Mcleod Bethune Council House
Washington
National Capital s-Central
Washington
National Capital s-East
Washington
National Mall (pictures)
Washington
National World War II Memorial
Washington
Old Post Office Tower
Washington
Pierce Mill
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
President's - White House (pictures)
Washington
Rock Creek
Washington
Sewall-Belmont House
Washington
The Old Stone House
Washington
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Washington

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Battleground National Cemetery

Washington, DC

Battleground National Cemetery, located at 6625 Georgia Avenue, NW, was established shortly after the Battle of Fort Stevens in the summer of 1864. The battle, which lasted two days (July 11 through July 12, 1864) marked the defeat of General Jubal A. Early's Confederate campaign to launch an offensive action against the poorly defended Nation's Capital. The Battle of Fort Stevens was also to gain notoriety as being the only military action in which the Commander in Chief (President Abraham Lincoln) came under direct fire from an enemy force. With a combined total casualty figure of over 900 killed or wounded during the conflict, 41 of these (Union) soldiers who fought and died bravely in Fort Steven's defense were interred in a specially created cemetery dedicated by Abraham Lincoln. Battleground National Cemetery, located one-half mile north of Fort Stevens, is one acre in size and one of our Nation's smallest national cemeteries. The entrance to the Cemetery is flanked by two 6-pounder, smoothbore guns of Civil War vintage.

Also near the entrance are monuments commemorating those units which fought at Fort Stevens: 25th New York Volunteer Cavalry Monument, 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument, 122nd New York Volunteer Monument, and the 150th Ohio National Guard Monument.