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White House By The Numbers

Dale Mussen — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:10 +0000

Too bad George Washington never got to live there. But he was the one who picked out the site and he oversaw construction. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and eight years later President John Adams and his wife became the first residents of the White House.

Over the years each President has made changes to suit their own tastes.

Presidential Pardon To A Turkey [VIDEO]

Craig Matthews — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:33:35 +0000

It’s a Presidential pardon given each year to a symbolic Thanksgiving turkey, or turkeys, as was the case Wednesday at the White House. President Obama was assisted by his two daughters as you’ll see in this PBS/YouTube video. Some say the tradition dates back to President Truman in 1947, but the Truman Library has no [...]

Hillary Clinton Erased From White House Photo

John La Mond — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:01:55 +0000

An Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic newspaper found it necessary to photo-shop a photograph from the White House Situation room. The editors of Der Tzitung felt the photograph showed Hillary Clinton with a sexually suggestive look on her face so they electronically removed her from the photograph. No comment yet from the White House. Yahoo.com has the rest [...]