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1800. It is important to the Botanic Garden because the first United States Botanic Garden was on this piece of land, even though today it is most notably associated with the reflecting pool and memorial to grant. What i would like to do today is present a little bit of the early history of the United States Botanic Garden, so a couple of the remaining trees that date back to the original Botanic Garden location, and also talk about the process by which the Botanic Garden came to be. It eventually moved across the street from where it is currently, and a little about the famous fountain that originally was placed here by congress and also made its way two blocks south in the 20th century. Th United Statese Botanic Garden is an Old Institution with fascinating roots. It may not seem obvious today, but the Founding Fathers were quite unified in their insistence on the creation of a national Botanic Garden. I would like to begin the story of the United States Botanic Garden in 1796 when G

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