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Every Day is Presidents' Day at the White House
TEACHER'S TEXT:Why wait until February to learn about the history-making decisions of America’s most recognized leader? Since George Washington essentially invented the office of the president in the 1790s, the nation’s chief executive has rarely stayed on the sidelines when major events unfold. The westward movement, race relations, war, and space exploration are just a few of the
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The Colors and Shapes of the White House
TEACHER'S TEXT:The White House lends itself to an exploration of colors and shapes. The rooms that visitors see on the first floor are rectangles, squares and ovals. There are also arches and a semi-circular porch. Bold colors are represented in the paint, wallpaper, draperies and furniture upholstery of the rooms. To illustrate this point, three rooms are actually known
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The White House: Symbol of Leadership
TEACHER'S TEXT:Most young children know the White House as the place where the president of the United States lives and works. The image of the building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. is so widespread, and its history so enduring, that the building itself has come to symbolize American leadership. Journalists will write, "according to the White House . . ."
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Building the White House
Teacher's Text:The White House is an enduring symbol of our nation’s leadership. It is also the most recognized structure in America. From the beginning, the White House was meant to be a flexible structure. With America not yet a quarter of a century old when John Adams inhabited the President’s House in 1800, it was impossible to foresee how
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The State Dining Room
The State Dining Room, which seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times as a drawing room, office, and Cabinet Room. Not until the middle of the nineteenth century was it referred to as the “State Dining Room,” although previous presidents had used it for formal dinners. Today’s State Dining Room incorporates the space
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The Family Dining Room
The Family Dining Room on the State Floor of the White House today is used primarily for smaller formal dinners and working lunches. First families have traditionally dined in the Family Dining Room since about 1825 when President John Quincy Adams and First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams began to take their meals there. Designated the “small dining room” or “private dining room,”
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The United States Marine Band: In Performance
Many of the world's finest performing artists have shared the White House stage with the Marine Band. Great tenors and divas, maestros and virtuosos, Broadway stars and jazz greats have all become part of the social history of the White House.
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Christmas at the White House
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house modestly with greens and privately celebrated the Yuletide with family and friends. The first known White House Christmas tree, decorated with candles and toys, was placed in the Second Floor Oval Room, then used as a library and family parlor,
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The Working West Wing: David Hume Kennerly
This gallery contains photographs by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer David Hume Kennerly, submitted to a Call for West Wing Photographs sponsored by the White House Historical Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this executive office building first constructed in 1902. From this group of images, selected photographs were placed in an exhibition entitled: The photographs presented on this page portray
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The Working West Wing: George Bush Presidential Library
This gallery contains photographs from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, submitted to a Call for West Wing Photographs sponsored by the White House Historical Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this executive office building first constructed in 1902. From this group of images, selected photographs were placed in an exhibition entitled: The photographs presented on this page portray
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The Working West Wing: Chris Usher
This gallery contains photographs by Chris Usher, submitted to a Call for West Wing Photographs sponsored by the White House Historical Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this executive office building first constructed in 1902. From this group of images, selected photographs were placed in an exhibition entitled: The photographs presented on this page portray the work-a-day world of the
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Abraham Lincoln's White House