Charles Carroll Glover Charles Carroll Glover was a business man who advocated for the development of parks in Washington, DC, during the late 1800s. In 1881, he called a meeting of fellow businessmen to propose transforming the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/321">Potomac flats</a>, a tidal marsh area, into a public park. He continued to promote the idea, even meeting personally with President Grover Cleveland, until the land was formally declared a public park in 1897. Today the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a> and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/31">Jefferson Memorial</a> are just a few of the national monuments that reside on the flats. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Charles+Carroll+Glover">Charles Carroll Glover</a> Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97503451/">View original photograph.</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a>