The White House turns 200.(inside view) If only the walls-could talk! Here are some of the rooms where Presidents have signed treaties and declarations of war, and children have done their homework and played hide-and-seek. From the Civil War to civil rights, nearly every great issue in American has been discussed inside the White House. 1.-3. Private Rooms for the First Family. 4. Yellow Oval Room The Yellow Oval Room is an oval room located on the south side of the second floor in the White House, the home of the American president. First used as a drawing room in the John Adams administration it has been used as a library, office, and family parlor. Presidents and First Ladies entertain personal and official guests here. This room leads to the Truman Balcony, built in 1948. 5. Treaty Room President McKinley signed the treaty ending the Spanish-American War Spanish-American War, 1898, brief conflict between Spain and the United States arising out of Spanish policies in Cuba. It was, to a large degree, brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists. in this room in 1963. President Kennedy signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty here. 6. Lincoln Bedroom The Lincoln Bedroom is a bedroom on the second floor of the White House, part of a guest suite of rooms that includes the Lincoln Sitting Room. The room is named for Abraham Lincoln and was used by him as an office. President Lincoln never slept here. It was his office and Cabinet room. For the last 100 years it has been a guest room. There are stories that Lincoln's ghost There have been several stories about ghosts of former Presidents revisiting the White House. However, the most common and popular is that of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's Ghost, or to others as The White House Ghost, is said to have haunted the White House since his death. haunts the room. 7. Lincoln Sitting Room In 1866, the first telegraph office was set up here. President McKinley used it as a "War Room" during the Spanish-American War. 8. State Dining Room The State Dining Room is the larger of two dining rooms on the State Floor of the White House, the home of the president of the United States. It is used for receptions, luncheons, and larger formal dinners called State Dinners for visiting heads of state. The room seats 140 guests. Dignitaries from around the world are entertained in this room, which seats 140. 9. Red Room In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was secretly sworn in as President in this reception room. His election was so close that supporters feared riots might stop his officially scheduled inauguration. 10. Blue Room This room has been the site of many weddings. The most famous was that of Graver Cleveland the only President to be married in the White House. 11. Green Room In 1862 when President Lincoln's son Willie died of typhoid fever typhoid fever acute, generalized infection caused by Salmonella typhi. The main sources of infection are contaminated water or milk and, especially in urban communities, food handlers who are carriers. , his casket was placed here. Willie's mother; Mary Todd Lincoln never entered the room again. It is now a parlor and sitting room. 12. East Room This room is used for receptions performances, bill signings and some press conferences. During the Civil War; Union troops were stationed here. Seven Presidents who died in office lay in state here. 13. Library This room is filled with books by American writers for used by the President his family and staff. 14. Map Room During World War II this was President Roosevelt's secret command room. Only seven people wee allowed to enter it. 15. Diplomatic Reception Room The Diplomatic Reception Room is one of three oval rooms in the White House home of the President of the United States. It is located on the Ground Floor and is used as an entrance from the South Lawn, and a reception room for foreign ambassadors to present their credentials, a Long ago, this room held a furnace. Today, the First family greets guests here. Outside on the South Lawn is where the President's helicopter lands. 16. China Room The White House collection of fine china is displayed here included are dishes that Washington used in his official residences in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Philadelphia. 17. Vermeil Room The portraits of sox 20th-century First Ladies hang here. The room gets its name from the White House collection of vermeil ver·meil n. 1. Vermilion or a similar bright red color. 2. Gilded silver, bronze, or copper. adj. Bright red in color. (silver covered in gold). |
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