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"Get Off My Lawn!"

Hilarious and sad at the same time, the story of how Capitol Hill was declared off-limits to use as a playground follows.
Congress was all

"We're the only ones who get to throw eggs and leave rotting garbage out around here, you little urchins."
And totally random fact: Frederick Law Olmstead - founder of landscape architecture, designed the Capitol grounds, Central Park, Stanford and U of Chicago campuses, and Chicago World's Fair grounds was one of 6 founding members of the NY Union League Club

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Lea…
I'm sure we'll be learning the reason that is relevant in the very near future. 🤓
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