Congressional Baseball Game
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Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/ baseball/location.html, (December 11, 2010).
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Location
Games were initially held at American League Park in northeast Washington, D.C., and its successor Griffith Park, which was built at the same location. In 1962, the game was moved to the new District Stadium (later known as Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] Stadium), where it remained until 1972. For the next two decades, the teams played at the Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, and Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria, Virginia. In one case, the match was relocated to Langley High School in McLean, Virginia. From 1995 to 2004, the game was played in Prince George’s County Stadium in Bowie, Maryland. From 2005 to 2007, the event returned to RFK Stadium while awaiting construction of the new Washington National’s stadium in the District of Columbia. In 2008, the Congressional Baseball game moved to the new Nationals Stadium. The game continues to raise more than $100,000 annually for local area charities.