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Here's Your Chance To Tour The Gardens At The White House, A Unit Of The National Park System

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By NPT Staff - April 20th, 2015
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This coming weekend offers you a chance to tour the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, and other gardens, at the White House/NPS

The culmination of National Park Week brings you an opportunity to tour the gardens on the south grounds of the White House, a unit of the National Park System known as President's Park, this coming weekend.

The tours will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Visitors will see the South Lawn, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden, and the White House Kitchen Garden.

This event is free and open to the public; however, a free ticket is required for all attendees (including small children). The National Park Service will distribute free, timed tickets at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion located at 15th and E Streets NW on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. Tickets will be distributed--one ticket per person--on a first-come, first-served basis.

The following items are not allowed on the White House grounds:

* Aerosols of any kind

* Animals (except service dogs)

* Any pointed objects

* Backpacks (oversized)

* Balloons

* Beverages of any kind

* Duffle bags/suitcases

* Electric stun guns

* Fireworks/firecrackers

* Food of any kind

* Guns/ammunition

* Insulated metal containers (water bottles/coffee cups)

* Knives of any kind

* Mace

* Tobacco

* Any pointed objects

The U.S. Secret Service reserves the right to prohibit any other personal items. However, strollers, wheelchairs, umbrellas (no metal tips), and cameras are permitted.

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