{"exhibit":{"title":"Where on the Mall have people played sports?","description":"<p>Washingtonians have always used the Mall for informal games and play because it is their local park. In the early 1900s, the government built a number of sports facilities in East and West Potomac Parks, and by 1940, tennis courts stood near the Capitol Building. During World War II, many spaces on the Mall that were not used for temporary office buildings were used for playing sports. After the war, sports fields located near the museum were slowly removed. Formal playing fields today can be found on the Washington Monument grounds and in East and West Potomac Parks.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"sports","added":"2013-06-26 10:51:30","modified":"2014-09-02 14:47:49","owner_id":5,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":37},"item":{"item_type_id":1,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2013-06-27 03:50:43","modified":"2015-09-02 13:29:09","owner_id":5,"id":357}}