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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. It is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular pool located on the National Mall , directly east of the Lincoln Memorial , with the World War II Memorial and Washington Monument to the east of the reflecting pool.
The District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is an executive branch agency of the government of the District of Columbia in the United States. The department plans, builds, and maintains publicly owned recreational facilities in District of Columbia, including athletic fields, community centers, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, spray pools and tennis courts.
A mallard with ducklings at the Capitol Reflecting Pool. The Capitol Reflecting Pool was included in master plans for the Washington Mall area prepared by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in the 1960s and 1970s to reduce vehicular traffic on the Mall and facilitate pedestrian and recreational use.
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The Rosedale Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Kingman Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 1701 Gales Street NE. [1] It opened in 2012 inside a new community center [2] that also includes a gymnasium and a swimming pool. [3]
The 50-acre (200,000 m 2) park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on the east by 17th St NW, on the north by Constitution Avenue, and on the south by the Reflecting Pool. Constitution Gardens has a small pond, which contains the Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence on an island open to pedestrians.
If you are looking for fun places to take the kids here are the public pools and splash pads open this summer.