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The White House is the oldest public building in
the District of Columbia. Every President, except
George Washington, has conducted the government of the
Nation. Since 1792, the White House has become the
symbolic of the American Presidency throughout the world.

The Treasury Building is the oldest departmental building
in Washington, and the third oldest federally occupied
building in Washington, preceded only by the Capitol and
the White House. It was built between 1836 and 1910; this
includes several additions.

Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) U.S. Treasurer,
the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1813)
His statue is in front of the U.S. Treasury

Dwight E. Eisenhower Executive Office
was built between 1871 and 1888 continues to house various
agencies that compose the President's Executive Office, such
as the Office of the Vice President, the Office of Management
and Budget, and the National Security Council.

Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt,
extended, and restored; view from across the Reflecting Pool.

Little closer view

White House entrance

President James A. Garfield Statue
President Garfield elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881
by a disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau after
serving only four months of his term.

The white marble Peace Monument was erected in 1877-1878 to
commemorate the naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant Statue
Grant achieved international fame as the leading Union general
in the American Civil War. He was the eighteenth President of
the United States (1869–1877). Statue Between the Capitol
building and the reflecting pool; closer to the pool.

The Cavalry Group
is on the other side of the Grant Statue

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