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Sharpshooter's Tree Marker

Washington, DC

A small marker near the former Walter Reed grounds recalls the Confederate sharpshooter said to have fired toward Abraham Lincoln during the Battle of Fort Stevens; access can be controlled.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: nps.gov/articles/president-lincoln-under-fire-at-fort-stevens.htm

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