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The National Park Service: August 25, 1916

Woodrow Wilson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Pach Bros., New York. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-13028. No known restrictions on publication.

On August 25, 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act and created the National Park Service. Today is the Service's 110th birthday.

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The First White House Christmas Tree

Benjamin Harrison, Republican candidate for president, 1881. Print, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-46701. No known restrictions on publication.

Benjamin Harrison was born August 20, 1833. In 1889 he put the first documented Christmas tree in the White House, upstairs in the family library, so his grandchildren would have a Christmas.

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The Night the White House Burned: August 24, 1814

William Strickland after George Munger, A View of the Presidents House in the City of Washington after the Conflagration of the 24th August 1814. Aquatint, 1814. Library of Congress, no known restrictions on publication.

On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the President's House. Before they arrived, Dolley Madison ordered Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington taken down. It still hangs in the East Room.

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