White House
About White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia. The White House is also a metonym for the Executive Office of the President.
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The first White House memoir ever written was A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison.
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More facts about White House
It is incredibly difficult to upgrade technology in the White House, partly for security reasons and partly because it is so complicated.
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During a renovation they removed 13,000 pounds of spare old wiring from inside the White House walls, so the building lost 13,000 pounds in weight.
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Roosevelt built a warm swimming pool inside the White House in the 1930s, which he used for therapeutic swimming for his polio, opening in 1933.
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Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the roof of the White House.
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A First Lady threw a house party in the White House every Wednesday with 300 to 500 guests, which she called a squeeze, to destroy the rancorous feeling between politicians.
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The first president to live in the White House when it had electricity was so scared of being electrocuted that he and his wife never touched the light switches.
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President William Taft's cow Pauline Wayne was the last cow ever to graze freely on the White House lawn.
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If you are a US citizen you can request anniversary greetings from the White House.
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The White House has an official honey ale, home-brewed there under Obama, the first evidence of beer ever being brewed in the White House.
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At the White House, the president personally pays for all the meals.
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Twice a resident of the White House has also been a keeper of sheep, the first of them being Thomas Jefferson.
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In the early days the White House was just a house whose grounds anyone could walk on, until a president had to bring in a law stopping people wandering in off the street.
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Woodrow Wilson kept sheep grazing on the White House lawn after he declared war on Germany in 1917.
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The White House has a bunker underneath it.
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When he was bored, Calvin Coolidge used to ring a bell to summon his bodyguards and then hide from them under the Oval Office desk.
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When Ronald Reagan left office he left a note on the White House lawn for the squirrels, warning them to beware of George Bush's dogs.
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