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- How did the White House get its name?There is a popular misconception that the White House was first painted white to cover the scorch marks left by British soldiers who burned the house on August 24, 1814. In fact, the White House first received a lime-based whitewash in 1798 to protect its sandstone exterior from moisture and cracking during winter freezes.
- The Presidents - White House Historical AssociationEvery year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament. These unique collectibles — honoring individual presidents or specific White House anniversaries — have become part of the holiday tradition for millions of American families.
- Homepage - White House Historical AssociationThe White House 1600 Sessions is a podcast that explores the history, untold stories, and personal accounts of America’s most iconic residence and office – The White House. Through conversations with historians and eyewitnesses to history, we open the doors to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
- The Solarium - White House Historical AssociationBob Woodward, The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House (new York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), 244. Quoted in Lydia Tederick, “A Glimpse of Calvin Coolidge’s White House: the Photographs of Ralph Waldo Magee,” White House History, no. 8 (Fall 2000): 35; “solarium.”
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