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	West Potomac Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The West Potomac Park is a U.S. national park in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the National Mall.
		The seeds for these trees were taken in December 1910 from the famous collection on the bank of the Arakawa River in Adachi Ward, a suburb of Tokyo, and grafted on specially selected understock produced in Itami City in Hyogo Prefecture.
		Washington Monument (the grounds of which are not part of West Potomac Park), 5.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Potomac_Park (940 words)

	West Potomac Park -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The West Potomac Park is a (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. national park) U.S. national park in (Click link for more info and facts about Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C., adjacent to the (Click link for more info and facts about National Mall) National Mall.
		The West Potomac Park is administered by the (An agency of the Interior Department responsible for the National Parks) National Park Service.
		After planting, it was discovered that the trees were not correctly named, and were not of the Fugnezo variety but instead of the Shirofugen (A variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation) cultivar (cultivated variety).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/west_potomac_park.htm (1015 words)

	Washington, D.C. : Attractions : Parks & Gardens \| Frommers.com
		West and East Potomac parks, their 720 riverside acres divided by the Tidal Basin, are most famous for their spring display of cherry blossoms and all the hoopla that goes with it.
		West Potomac Park encompasses Constitution Gardens; the Vietnam, Korean, Lincoln, Jefferson, and FDR memorials; a small island where ducks live; and the Reflecting Pool (see "The Major Memorials," earlier in this chapter for full listings of the memorials).
		The parking area is accessible only from the northbound lane; park there and cross the pedestrian bridge that connects the lot to the island.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/washingtondc/0035020226.html (1682 words)

	AOL CityGuide: - Washington, DC - East and West Potomac Park - Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		East Potomac Park consists of about 330 acres of public land where joggers, fishermen and strollers are visible year-round.
		West Potomac Park may be the most monument-dense piece of real estate in the capital.
		According to a National Park Service spokesman, West Potomac Park consists of the FDR Memorial Park, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, the DC War Memorial, Constitution Gardens, the Reflecting Pool and the Rainbow Pool.
	cityguide.aol.com /washington/entertainment/venue.adp?vid=23891 (354 words)

	The Sallie Mae Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The race is held at West Potomac Park on the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
		Parking will be available on the surrounding streets (Constitution, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd).
		Additional parking is available at The George Washington University Parking Garage at 2211 H Street.
	www.thesalliemaefund.org /10k/race_info.html (714 words)

	West Potomac Volleyball Team Honors its Four Seniors - Sports - Mount Vernon Gazette - Connection Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		West Potomac's four senior volleyball players were honored in ceremonies prior to the Wolverines' home match versus Lee last week.
		West Potomac's only regular season losses have come to district rivals West Springfield and Lee, and non-district opponents Herndon and Madison.
		Lee's Josef Tessema was a distant second at 15:38, followed by Kris Benton of West Springfield (15:45), West Potomac's Devar (16:00) and Alex Martis of West Springfield (16:01).
	www.connectionnewspapers.com /article.asp?article=58371&paper=69&cat=105 (1061 words)

	Save the Mall
		The Lincoln Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Grounds contribute to the East and West Potomac Parks Historic District, based on National Register Criteria A and C in the areas of Architecture, Art, Landscape Architecture, and Commemoration….The Lincoln Memorial has become one of the nation’s best-known and well-loved monuments.
		East and West Potomac Park are significant in the areas of Architecture, Art, City Planning, Commemoration, Engineering, Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History, and Transportation for the period of 1882-1997.
		The McMillan Plan of 1901-02 reserved the interior of West Potomac Park for passive recreation, and spaces for active recreation were later sited on the park’s fringes….Both parks have served as major recreational facilities for the city in the ensuing years.
	www.savethemall.org /reports/nps.html (2500 words)

	Fields
		West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. From Md: From Baltimore tunnels: Take Baltimore-Washington Pkway (295) South.
		As soon as you get on 395, look for exit to Potomac Park (if you go over bridge, you are in Virginia).
		Adelphi Manor Park, MD. Close to the College Park Campus of the University of Maryland.
	starcricketclub.tripod.com /id6.html (576 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
		Skidmore (responsible for proposing that cherry trees be planted along the soon-to-be reclaimed Potomac waterfront) and Dr. David Fairchild (plant explorer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture) encouraged the planting of cherry trees along the avenues in the Washington area as early as 1907 and many people planted cherries in the area before Mrs.
		And the progression of bloom is part of the overall design intent for many parks in our nation's capital, the intent being a diversity of different trees with a progression of blooms over a long period of time.
		And during the bloom period there are Park Rangers enforcing the law that prohibits the picking of blossoms and there are interpretive signs informing people not to pick the blossoms.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/01/metro_defeo032101.htm (1946 words)

	Credit Union Cherry Blossom - Directions to the Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There will be no parking on Ohio Dr. in West Potomac Park or on West Basin Dr. (the road that runs past the FDR Memorial).
		There are a limited number of parking spaces in lots in East Potomac Park near the 14th St. Bridge and Metro overpasses.
		The closest free parking will be on the Constitution Avenue, NW (north) side of the Reflecting Pool and on the surrounding side streets (23rd St. to 17th St., Virginia Ave., around the State Department, Pan American Union Building, etc.).
	www.cherryblossom.org /racedrive.html (1444 words)

	Potomac River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Potomac River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of United States of America (USA).
		Once the Potomac drops from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain, tides further influence the river as it passes through DC and beyond.
		Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River, and on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery with its row on row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Po/Potomac%20River.html (1123 words)

	National Park Service: Highways in Harmony (Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway)
		The park was created in 1890 to preserve an extensive area of woods and farmland as a suburban nature reserve.
		Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway extends from the southern border of the National Zoo to West Potomac Park and the Lincoln Memorial.
		Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway was originally conceived as a pleasure route for recreational drivers, but it soon became a major commuter artery for traffic from Washington's northwest suburbs.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hih/rock_creek_potomac/rock_creek_potomac1.htm (310 words)

	Save Albert Park - Tourism and the Australian Grand Prix - Factsheet 26/4, 12 November 1998
		Melbourne's city parks and gardens are recognised by the tourist industry as one of its major attractions.
		The use of one of the city's finer inner city public parks as a race track, and the resultant impact on other nearby parks such as the Royal Botanic Gardens and Fawkner Park, is not necessarily good for Melbourne's international image or its attractiveness to its mainstream tourist market.
		The US Park Service in Washington DC refused a permit for motor racing in West Potomac Park in 1993 on the grounds that "We don't think park roads are appropriate for car racing" (Washington Post, 8/4/95).
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/22205/20020201/www.save-albert-park.org.au/sapweb/p26_4.html (1163 words)

	FLOOD-HYDROLOGY DATA FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER AND SELECTED TRIBUTARIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL ...
		Peak-flow data and approximate recurrence intervals for Potomac River streamflow-gaging stations in the vicinity of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
		Basic data compiled for each of the 10 Potomac River tributary streamflow-gaging stations include the (1) latitude and longitude of the station, (2) period of gage record, (3) drainage area at the station, (4) percentage of the total basin drainage area, and (5) mean sea level (NGVD) datum of the station.
		Since discharge measurements for station 01646500, Potomac River at Little Falls near Washington, D.C., are often made at Chain Bridge, the diversion of flow from the Potomac River requires an estimate or measurement of flow in the C and O Canal at this location to obtain the total discharge.
	md.water.usgs.gov /publications/ofr-97-200/ofr-97-200.html (7244 words)

	our-dc. all local. all the time.
		This park has rolling hills and several trails tucked within a park that borders the impressive homes of the Palisades neighborhood.
		The park is lined with cherry trees that are gorgeous in the early Spring.
		At the entrance to the park is a lush flower garden, and the FDR and Jefferson memorials are nearby in West Potomac Park.
	www.our-dc.com /destinations/parks.php (848 words)

	Tidal Basin 3K
		Weather permitting, registration is outdoors on the east parapet of the plaza, but in cold or nasty weather, registration is indoors in the EAST hallway under the Memorial.
		PARKING is free along the river in West Potomac Park and East Potomac Park, but not at Jefferson Memorial itself.
		We cross the plaza, run down or around a flight of three steps at the west end of the plaza (be careful there), and around Tidal Basin to Tidal Inlet Bridge.
	www.geocities.com /tidalbasinrace (765 words)

	Windsor Park Hotel *** Discount Washington Hotels
		Windsor Park Hotel is located in the Georgetown area of Washington.
		The general rank for Windsor Park Hotel is #160 of the 175 hotels in Washington.
		The hotel is located in the Embassy Row area near the National Zoological, Park, Rock Creek Park, Georgetown, and just minutes away from the White, House, the 17th Street Strip, National Geographic Society, Washington, Monument, Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park and Sylvan Theater..
	washington.guide-to-hotels.com /windsor-park-hotel.html (270 words)

	National Park Service Information
		There are park rangers available from 8 a.m.
		The Lincoln Memorial - West Potomac Park at the foot of 23rd Street, NW.
		They are free and available at the booth located on the west side of 15th Street, NW, on the Mall.
	www.house.gov /costello/services/tour-pkt-parks.htm (248 words)

	Colmar Park - West Potomac Rugby Football Club (Washington D.C.)
		Follow 38th Ave for about 100 yards and you will see the park entrance on the right.
		Drive into the park, past a soccer field, up and hill and take your first right.
		Park in the parking lot by the softball fields.
	www.dcrugby.org /directions/colmar.htm (665 words)

	State of the Regions - Looking Forward - NCR and NER Park and Partner Conference, National Park Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Regional Directors Rust and Carlstrom highlighted stories in courage that NPS personnel demonstrated in the aftermath of the events of September 11.
		The phenomenon of major increases in visitation in parks outside of urban areas is repeating itself all over the country.
		West Potomac Park in Washington, DC has experienced large crowds as well.
	www.eventcentric.com /jointconference/showdaily/monday_files/stateof.htm (563 words)

	United We Stand 10K
		West Potomac Park, Washington, DC Saturday, November 9, 2002, 8 a.m.
		Park along Ohio Drive or if no spaces are available, try the lots off of Ohio Drive between the various spans of the 14th Street Bridge.
		Registration is just south of the backstop of Ball Field #7, which is the first ball field south of the Lincoln Memorial and Independence Ave.
	www.racepacket.com /races/nov02/united.htm (267 words)

	Potomac Lacrosse Officials Association: PLOA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		West Potomac Park (Fields #1 through 4), which is at the intersection of Independence Ave., NW, and W. Basin Dr., Washington, DC.
		The Potomac Chapter of US Lacrosse is seeking high school students who would like to become lacrosse officials.
		is serving Potomac Lacrosse's officiating needs by providing certified youth and high school officials for the Rockvile, MD and Sterling, VA indoor venues this winter. Play at both locations commences Sunday, November 21, 2004 and runs through January 18, 2005.
	eteamz.active.com /ploa/news (1969 words)

	Capital Area NC State Alumni Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		ROUTE: The Race starts and finishes in West Potomac Park on the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
		The Family Fun Run course is 2km (1.2 mile) course will run up and back along the Potomac River in West Potomac Park.
		PARKING: Parking is free and available at George Washington University.
	www.ncstatedc.com /social/10k.htm (319 words)

	Potomac Highlands Bed and Breakfasts - West Virginia Bed and Breakfast Inns from Pamela Lanier
		Potomac Highlands Bed and Breakfasts - West Virginia Bed and Breakfast Inns from Pamela Lanier
		Search our database of Potomac Highlands B&B's and you'll find detailed listings, current rates, and special deals for bed and breakfasts in Potomac Highlands, West Virginia.
		Elkins, WV Surrounded by mountain and park recreation, yet in town.
	www.lanierbb.com /West_Virginia/_Potomac_Highlands/index.html (252 words)

	Credit Union Cherry Blossom - Raceday Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There will be no participant parking in West Potomac Park - either on Ohio Dr. or in the vicinity of the FDR Memorial.
		There are a limited number of spaces in lots in East Potomac Park near the 14th St. Bridge and Metro overpasses.
		There is a limited number of bike racks near the intersection of West Basin Dr. and Ohio Dr. Do not lock bicycles to any of the race barricades.
	www.cherryblossom.org /inst_rd.html (1599 words)

	The Park at the Heart of the City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Right-wingers, in my experience, are, by their very natures, adverse to parks.
		A 1.1 acre park would be the perfect link between Parliament Hill and the Byward Market.
		Let us have a kiosk in the park, from which one male and one female member of the RCMP can operate, with a horse or two at the ready and a shovel nearby.
	www.sen.parl.gc.ca /ckenny/parkat.htm (611 words)

	USA Freedom Corps: About USA Freedom Corps: History of 736 Jackson Place
		James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893), Republican Presidential candidate in 1884 and a major figure in national politics in the post-Civil War period, was born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
		Elihu Root at 733 Park Avenue, NY (1903), the Murray Guggenheim residence In Elberon, NJ (1903), and the William K Vanderbilt estate at Great Neck, NY (1907), the Henry Clay Frick residence in New York (1914).
		House at 2200 S Street NW (1929) and the David A. Reed House at 2222 S Street NW (1929), both executed in Washington in a modified English Regency style, are among the last projects of the firm.
	www.usafreedomcorps.gov /content/about_usafc/building (4766 words)

	East Potomac Park & The Mall
		Farmers parked their tractors here when policies were unfavorable.
		Streets, you=ll pass several of the older Smithsonian museums; American History, Natural History, and the East and West wings of the Natural Gallery of Art.
		A sidewalk is available part of the way through the park but unless you use the grass, it is necessary to use the road a little.
	www.rundc.com /Doc/DC/SW/EPotomacPark.htm (2597 words)

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