Washington Nationals - Home Ballparks

Fall 2023: To purchase a reasonably priced 8" x 24" plaqued mounted version of the Washington Nationals poster that's ready to hang on your wall, please visit Heritage Sports Stuff.

A. Washington Nationals – The Team Name 

The franchise played its first game in 1969 as the Montreal Expos, and they remained the Montreal Expos until the end of the 2004 season. The franchise moved to Washington DC for the 2005 season and have been the Washington Nationals ever since.

B. The Washington Nationals have played in four home stadiums: 

1. Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal Quebec  1969-1976

Image not yet drawn by Heritage Sports Art - contact us if you would like to see an image

2. Olympic Stadium, Montreal Quebec 1977-2004

Image not yet drawn by Heritage Sports Art - contact us if you would like to see an image

3. RFK Stadium, Washington DC  2005-2007

4. Nationals Park, Washington DC  2008-Present

C. For more information on the Washington Nationals, you should bookmark these three great websites: 

For a huge amount of great historic information: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/washington_nationals.shtml 

For great information about the team's ballpark: https://ballparks.com/baseball/index.htm 

For a listing of every Nationals (and Expos) season and how the team fared, click here.

D. Celebrate the Washington Nationals' uniform history by owning a piece of history: 

If you love the Washington Nationals and the history of the Nationals franchise, you might really love to own an original piece of artwork celebrating the team's historic uniforms as seen in the poster at the top of this blog - you can actually own one of those original pieces of art! There are only 10 pieces of original art available for sale (8 Nationals and 2 Expos), and when these 10 are sold, that's it, they're all sold out. 

These original watercolor paintings would make a great gift (birthday gift, anniversary gift, retirement gift, Christmas gift, etc.) for someone you love or even a great gift for yourself (one of these framed pieces would look fantastic in your home or office). 

Each piece can be bought one of three ways: 

1. As unframed art that you could have framed or mounted yourself (the one on the left) 

2. Framed in our "Classic" framed version (the middle version) 

3. Framed in our "Deluxe" framed version (the version on the right)  

If you would like more information about this great artwork including the three ways you could purchase each piece, please visit our Washington Nationals YouTube video or go directly to the artwork website Heritage Sports Art where you can see and purchase the artwork. 

And if someone you know loves the history of sports uniforms (but maybe another team) and loves great art, please let them know that we have over 1500 pieces of great original artwork for sale at www.heritagesportsart.com (all NFL teams, all MLB teams, all NHL teams, all CFL teams, select NCAA football teams) or check out each team's video at the Heritage Sports Art YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/user/ssillcox 

E. Stadium artwork
Please note that the actual original, hand drawn pen and ink sketches used for the 2 ballpark images shown above are available for sale as a complete collection to one Washington Nationals fan. If you are interested in being the owner of this complete and original collection of Washington Nationals home ballpark images, please contact me by email ssillcox@rogers.com and I can explain how they can all be framed in one beautiful piece.

And please search my blog archive http://heritagejerseys.blogspot.com/ for other blogs on the history of the Colorado Rockies.

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This text was written by Scott Sillcox and was last updated October 17, 2023. I have tried to ensure the accuracy of the information, but I am human and can make mistakes. If you believe I have made a mistake, please let me know by email at ssillcox@rogers.com !

Many thanks!!!
Scott