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Towering above the White House, the 92-foot tall “Claw” hovering above the fight ring is taller than the actual executive mansion. Scaffolding under the mixed martial arts arena holds up roughly 4,000 seats. The octagon itself is bedecked with ads from corporate sponsors, including Polymarket, the law firm Morgan & Morgan, nicotine pouches, crypto companies, and Bud Light. At night, beams of light from the structure shoot across the Washington skyline, visible for miles around.

Sunday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship match will be unlike any previous presidential birthday party. But it’s also not unusual for presidents to bring their personal hobbies and interests to White House grounds. Since the mansion’s construction, there has never been just a single purpose for the South Lawn. And every president has had a different idea for how to use his back yard.

The South Lawn started out as a very practical endeavor. Food for the first family was not included in White House services, so the John Adams administration planted a vegetable garden to help feed the family. Thomas Jefferson did not like the grandiose setting and thought the executive should be more humble, so he reduced the size of the grounds and opened them up for public events for the first time. He also built a stone wall around the building to keep animals out and added more gardens. Nearly every president after had a different take on how to use the space.

President Andrew Jackson was a fan of citrus and built an orangery, which President Franklin Pierce later expanded into a greenhouse. President James Buchanan demolished the orangery to make space for the Treasury Department, but he did build a new glass conservatory........

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