Rock Creek Park—Washington, D.C.’s Urban Oasis

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel thanks for the share and read. I will keep this in mind on my journey up to D.C.
On Rock Creek Park’s history

“There was a battle fought here during the Civil War in 1864, the Battle of Fort Stephens. In fact it’s the only battle in which an American president was shot at. Abraham Lincoln was at Fort Stephens, and Confederate sharp shooters are said to have taken shots at him. It was a battle where General Early of the Confederates had swept up the Shenandoah Valley and was threatening Washington, D.C. from the north, and the Union forces here were able to keep them at bay.”