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The U.S. National Arboretum is home to a pair of mated bald eagles named Mr. President and The First Lady. The pair began nesting at the Arboretum in 2014; the first eagles to nest there since 1947. [17] An eagle nest cam sponsored by the American Eagle Foundation provides a livestream video feed of the nest during mating season.
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The National Capitol Columns are a monument in Washington, D.C.'s National Arboretum. It is an arrangement of twenty-two Corinthian columns that were a part of the United States Capitol from 1828 to 1958, placed amid 20 acres (8.1 ha) of open meadow, known as the Ellipse Meadow.
The quadrant is home to two large public gardens located below the waistline of the Anacostia River: the United States National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. The headquarters of The Heritage Foundation, one of the nation's largest think tanks, and The Washington Times, a daily newspaper in the city, are also located in Northeast.
The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is located on the 446-acre (1.80 km 2) campus of the U.S. National Arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C. Each year over 200,000 people visit the museum. [ 1 ] Distinguished national and international guests of various federal departments are also among the visitors.
It is located on the 2800 block of New York Avenue, NE in Washington, D.C. on the grounds of the United States National Arboretum. The site sits on federal land, and access by the public is restricted. The kilns represent the only remaining brickyard in Washington, D.C., and one of the few extant examples of the rounded "beehive" kiln style.
In honor of the pandas’ debut, the National Zoo is hosting a series of events called the “District of Panda” from Jan. 25 to Feb. 9, including a Lunar New Year event.
Two of the gatehouses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in their new locations. One gatehouse and three of the gateposts now stand at 15th Street and Constitution Avenue within the President's Park South (PPS) historic district north of the National Mall. The other gatehouse is at 17th and Constitution, also within the PPS.