• Washington Nationals Play Baseball at Swampoodle Grounds
    Unknown
    Washington, D.C.
    sports
    This photograph of the Washington Nationals baseball team was taken between 1886-1889. The team is seen playing on Swampoodle Grounds, also known as Capitol Park and later the location of Union Station, in northeast Washington, D.C. On August 30, 1865 the Nationals and the Brooklyn Atlantics became the first organized sports teams to visit a president in the White House when they visited President Andrew Johnson following a competition on the White Lot. The White Lot, later known as the Ellipse, was located south of the White House.
  • White House Putting Green
    Bruce White
    sports
    South Grounds
    This is a photograph of the putting green installed for President Bill Clinton in 1995. The first putting green was installed for President Dwight D. Eisenhower until it was removed during the 1970s.