Freedom & Equality for All
After a Republican victory in the Presidential Election of 1860, the South park of Mt. Vernon Place seceded from the union... of the parks. The South park and the residents around it were infuriated that the North Park was a free park open to citizens of all races. As the South park tried to spread it's whites only regulation, the President Elect, Abraham Lincoln, restricted the spread of the whites only area. The South park then seceded from the rest of the parks and began a civil war of the parks. The South Park lost the war and the entire park was made open to the public in 1865. Later on, the park became a television hot spot; the writers of the animated television show South Park found inspiration here.
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Marker can be reached from Washington Place.
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