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62 unusual facts about White House


25U signal support systems specialist

25U signal support system specialist is sometimes referred to as 25 Universal due to the openness and flexibility of the MOS, as the person can be assigned from anywhere to Infantry, rangers, higher headquarters, an armored unit, PsyOps, public affairs, or even the Communication Room at the White House.

A Tuna Christmas

Sears and Williams did command performances of both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas at the White House for President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.

Abbey Bartlet

She appears as a regular during the third through sixth seasons, despite the fact that there are many episodes in which she does not appear, a fact consistent with real life, where the First Lady must perform official duties all over the country and therefore cannot stay constantly with her husband at the White House.

Alexander Bliss

The resulting copy of Lincoln's speech, known as the Bliss Copy, is one of only five known manuscript versions of the Gettysburg Address; it is preserved and on display in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Angolan War of Independence

The aircraft were flown to Africa by John Richard Hawke – reportedly a former Royal Air Force-pilot – who on the start of one of the flights to Angola flew so low over the White House, that the United States Air Force forced him to land and he was arrested.

Anne Williams Wheaton

On May 2, 1957, in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's office, Wheaton was sworn in as Associate Press Secretary at the White House.

Anti-Secession Law

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice commented the law as "not necessary", while White House spokesman Scott McClellan called its adoption "unfortunate", adding "It does not serve the purpose of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait".

Aurora: Operation Intercept

In the film, it is being stolen by a Russian terrorist who tries to destroy the White House.

B. F. Saul Company

B. F. Saul also owns and manages Washington, D.C.’s famous Hay-Adams Hotel, a small, luxury downtown hotel that overlooks the White House.

Bali White

White was invited to The White House Office of Public Engagement's A Policy Briefing for Black LGBT Emerging Leaders.

Beaulieu Vineyard

By the 1940s, Beaulieu wines were served at all major White House functions.

Bhai Baljeet Singh

The magic of this group extended to United States of America(U.S.A) in 2006 and they performed in Washington DC in an Interfaith concert at Pope John Paul Hall and at the White House, also they’ve spread their wings to many different cities in USA,Life changed for them when in 2007 they performed for The Sikh Gurudwara, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Calvert Vaux

Together they designed many significant projects, such as the grounds in the White House and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Vaux’s work on the Smithsonian inspired an article he wrote for The Horticulturalist, of which Downing was the editor, in which he stated his view that it was time the government should recognize and support the arts.

Chief Judge Fargo

After armed gangs stormed the White House and were able to avoid jail sentences by intimidating juries, Fargo outlined a New Deal to scrap the principle of due process and create a combined police and judicial force who could fairly dispense instant justice – the Judges.

Corporate tax in the Netherlands

In 2009 the White House issued a press release in which the Netherlands were mentioned as tax haven.

Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth

The book is an exploration into the future of cyberspace; the peculiarities of Irish jurisprudence; links to the Mafia, the CIA and the Catholic Church; anal-eroticism in the White House; the Dog Castrator of Palm Springs and more.

Edward Hibberd Johnson

In 1895, U.S. President Grover Cleveland proudly sponsored the first electrically lit Christmas tree in the White House.

Festival Singers of Canada

The choir made its US debut in December 1967 at the White House.

Helen Boehm

She took on the promotional side of the business, selling pieces to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and offering a porcelain bull to Mamie Eisenhower after wrangling an invitation to the White House.

Herman Haupt

After the Battle of Gettysburg, Haupt boarded one of his trains and arrived at the White House on July 6, 1863, being the first to inform President Lincoln that General Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederate army was not being pursued vigorously by Union Major General George G. Meade.

Hiraga Gennai

In Read Or Die, Gennai uses his elekiter as a very high powered destructive weapon that he uses to destroy the White House and eradicate an entire fleet of combat helicopters.

History of Pittsburgh's South Side

The location was so nationally recognized for production, Presidents Andrew Jackson and James Monroe ordered glass tableware for the White House from companies operating in the area.

Hybrid Heaven

Johnny's personal motive to help him stay focused is that he must make it back in time to meet his girlfriend under the Christmas tree on the White House lawn.

I'd Rather Go Blind

Tedeschi and Allman Brother's guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes performed their version of I'd Rather Go Blind at The White House's Red White and Blues event.

Ironwood Ridge High School

It was announced in May 2011 that in the Fall the Nighthawk Vanguard would be traveling to the White House in Washington, D. C..

Jared C. Monti

The President signed the authorization for Monti to receive the Medal of Honor and the medal was presented to his family in a ceremony at the White House in 2009.

Jay Meuser

His portrait of Roosevelt hung in the White House and he received a personal letter of thanks from the late president.

Johnny Rutherford

Rutherford, whom has been invited to The White House on behalf of Indy on multiple occasions, is considered a popular ambassador and spokesman for the sport of Indy car racing.

Kostas Hatzis

It is worth noting that his fame as a singer for the peace has reached the White House and the then US President, Jimmy Carter invites him to meet him and congratulate him.

Koti Residency

The design is a palladian villa which is the same design followed by the builders of the United States White House when rebuilding it after being destroyed by the British in 1812.

Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

In 1837, Lewisberry native Hervey Hammond began manufacture of the patented Hammond window sash spring, and in 1838, President Martin Van Buren installed Hammond springs in all of the White House's windows.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Pavlichenko was sent to Canada and the United States for a publicity visit and became the first Soviet citizen to be received by a US President when Franklin Roosevelt welcomed her to the White House.

Martha Van Rensselaer

In 1930, she played a leadership role in the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, which set a critical Progressive Era agenda for youth health, social policy, and education.

Max Atkinson

In 1985, Atkinson ran a seminar on speech writing in the White House during Ronald Reagan's Presidency.

Message to the Grass Roots

He said the impetus behind the march was the masses of African Americans, who were angry and threatening to march on the White House and the Capitol.

Military citadels under London

There was a telephone room down the corridor that provided a direct line to the White House in Washington, DC, via a special scrambler in an annexe basement of Selfridges department store.

Millennium Development Goals

Attempts to increase U.S. political attention to the Millennium Development Goals include The Borgen Project which worked with then Senator Barack Obama on the Global Poverty Act, a bill requiring the White House to develop a strategy for achieving the goals.

Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile

50 Cent in Proofs verse the word "shit" is uncensored (even on the clean version) and in Eminem's verse the words White House and Cheney are censored on both Edited and Explicit versions

New Kosovo Alliance

He is the founding owner of Mabetex, the Swiss-based project-engineering firm that has managed significant engineering projects ranging from restorations in the White House in the United States to the rebuilding the Kremlin in Moscow.

NorthWind II

Her interior was decorated by Maison Jansen, the renowned French design firm whose clients included the John F. Kennedy White House, Coco Chanel, the Rockefellers, King Leopold II of Belgium, and the Shah of Iran.

Ola Salo

As a plane was flying very low overhead Salo said "In this country, you don't know where those planes are headed. Well, this one seems to be heading in the right direction anyway..." meaning the airport, but then suddenly adding "...to the White House" which happened to be in the same direction.

Ptech

Ptech's roster of clients included several governmental agencies, including the United States Armed Forces, NATO, Congress, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs, the FAA, the IRS, the Secret Service, and the White House.

Put Down Your Whip

It became the most influential street play during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and was performed countless times throughout China, and even in the White House for President Roosevelt by the famous actress Wang Ying.

Qualifying Industrial Zone

Unfazed by this response, Salah traveled to the United States and lobbied hard with the US State Department, the White House, and the US Trade Representative that it was in US interests to extend the QIZ into Jordan's interiors.

Renee Walker

During Juma's siege on the White House, Renee and Larry help coordinate the rescue operations and counterattack.

Ring signature

For instance, a ring signature could be used to provide an anonymous signature from "a high-ranking White House official", without revealing which official signed the message.

Roland Hedley

In this post he gets in trouble with his fellow journalists Rick Redfern and Mark Slackmeyer when they find out that he is taking bribes from the White House in order to give them "softballs" at press conferences.

Royal Brunei Air Force

In November 2011, the White House announced that a deal has been secured by Sikorsky to sell 12 UH-60Ms to the Royal Brunei Air Force.

Royal Irish Rangers

Including a visit in the mid-1970s to Washington, D.C. when one Ranger with a knowledge of military history recalled the last visit in 1812 when Irish ancestors had burned the White House down.

SimCity DS

Real-world landmarks featured in SCDS include the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, White House, Grand Central Terminal, Palacio Real, Moai, Capitol Records Building, United Nations Headquarters and Hagia Sophia.

Stanley Glenn

In February 1994, Stanley Glenn and several other players from the Negro Leagues were honored by Vice-President Al Gore at the White House.

State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee

However, it is important to note that of the 750 issues considered by the SWNCC, most were resolved at or below the Assistant Secretary level and only six cases were forwarded to the White House for final decisions.

The Children of Vallenato

The group has performed throughout the world, in many countries, including a personal presentation for former US president Bill Clinton at the White House.

The Silent Scream

The film was popular among people who opposed abortion, even being shown at the White House by then-President Ronald Reagan.

TWH

The White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States

Tysons Corner Communications Tower

Another tower just south of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex in southern Pennsylvania relayed signals from these two backup sites to the Washington defense facilities, along with the Pentagon, White House, the State Department and other government facilities.

Ultimate Air Combat

The story begins when the White House calls an emergency meeting, where they reveal that the military dictator Don Gwano is using the high revenue from his large oil exports to fund his large army and navy.

United Nations Honour Flag

Harding made the acquaintance of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in December 1941 by presenting each with a Victory V symbol embossed in leather with the slogan Absolute Victory by delivery at the White House at a time of visitation by Churchill for the Arcadia Conference to sign the Declaration by United Nations.

Wes Borg

The show's advertising encourages patrons to "come learn about Canada's role in the burning of the White House and our successful war to keep American Democracy out of Canada."

White House, County Down

The White House is a ruined 17th century dwelling house at Ballyspurge, near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Ards Peninsula.

William Dyess

There was also added speculation that Dyess' story was in actuality suppressed by both a Pentagon and White House fearful that an infuriated American public would demand a greater prosecution of the Pacific War (the United States and its allies were operating under a "Europe First" strategic policy).

Yamada Waka

Her prominence was such that when she visited the United States for a lecture tour, she was invited to visit Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House, which she did on December 7, 1937.


1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

The White House, the United States presidential residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

Baltimore Municipal Airport

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill departed from "Baltimore Municipal Airport" on a 1942 British Overseas Airways Company (BOAC) flight (today it is "British Airways") after visiting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in what was at first, a secret trip to the White House in Washington, D.C. for Allied consultations shortly after America entered the War following the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor, on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

Betty Boop for President

Betty's campaign promises win the crowd over, and she is voted into the White House by a landslide.

Claude Grahame-White

On 14 October 1910 while in Washington, D.C. Grahame-White flew his Farman biplane over the city and landed on Executive Avenue near the White House.

David T. Johnson

In 1995, Johnson became Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the White House and Spokesman for the United States National Security Council.

Duncan Phyfe

Duncan Phyfe's furniture can be admired in the White House Green Room, Edgewater, Roper House and specially Millford Plantation owned by the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, museums, private collections, etc.

EchoMail

EchoMail's core technology originated from VA Shiva Ayyadurai's invention for classifying inbound email for the U.S. White House, which was seeking a reliable encryption and classification system for U.S. President Bill Clinton's email.

Edward E. Willey, Jr.

His wife, Kathleen Willey, was a White House volunteer aide who later claimed to have been sexually assaulted by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton on November 29, 1993, four and one-half years earlier.

Ernest J. Wilson III

He was director of International Programs and Resources on the White House National Security Council (1993–1994); director of the Policy and Planning Unit, Office of the Director, U.S. Information Agency (1994); and deputy director of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (1994–1995).

Francisco G. Cigarroa

In December 2011, Cigarroa was invited to the White House to share his program with US President Barack Obama and US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

Frank H. Ono

In a ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000, his surviving family was presented with his Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Housed within the office complex are nearly 1,000,000 original design records detailing work on many of America’s most treasured landscapes including the U. S. Capitol and White House Grounds; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks; Yosemite Valley; New York's Central Park; and whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle, Boston and Louisville.

Frescography

These wallpaper manufacturers used thousands of engraved woodblocks for the creation of the panorama sceneries, to create wall paper such as the 20 panel Sauvages de la Mer du Pacifique which Jean-Gabriel Charvet designed for Joseph Dufour et Cie or the “du Vue de l'Amérique Nord” designed in 1834 by Zuber et cie for the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, where it is still today.

Garfinckel's Department Store

Garfinckel's Department Store is an eight-story department store building, erected at the northwest corner of 14th and F Streets, across from the Willard Hotel, which is one block from the Treasury Department and less than two blocks from the White House.

George D. Pyper

In 1911, Pyper managed a 6000-mile American tour for the choir, wherein they performed in Madison Square Gardens and at the White House for U.S. President William Howard Taft.

Harry S. Truman Historic District

He would live with family members in his early life, then the Wallace House, rented apartments and houses in Washington (including 4701 Connecticut Avenue), Blair House (the official state visitors residence), and the White House, but never a house that he had purchased.

Honest Tea

In 2009, Honest Tea US got an unpaid endorsement when The New York Times revealed that the White House is now stocking Honest Tea, as it is President Barack Obama's preferred beverage- specifically, the "Black Forest Berry" and "Green Dragon" flavors.

Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar

In May 2010 the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a moratorium on all deepwater drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, pending a six-month review by a White House appointed panel.

James K. Okubo

Okubo's award was one of those upgraded to the Medal of Honor and in a ceremony at the White House, on June 21, 2000, the formal presentation was made by President Bill Clinton.

James Pinkerton

A graduate of Peter Vanleslie High School and Stanford University (1980), he served on the White House staff under both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and on each of their presidential campaigns and in January 2008 became a senior adviser to the Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign.

Landon Parvin

Parvin left the White House temporarily in 1985 to become executive assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K..

Landsat 8

In August 2004, a memorandum from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) directed Federal agencies to place Landsat-type sensors on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) platform.

Little Loomhouse

While visiting the Loomhouse, Mrs. Roosevelt bought woven mats that would see use in the White House.

Lorenzo Ghiglieri

Ghiglieri also has works on permanent display at the White House, the Vatican, and Middlebury College.

Melissa R. Kelly

Delegate Kelly was appointed by Governor Parris Glendening in 2001 to replace her husband, James M. Kelly, who resigned from the seat when he was appointed by President George W. Bush to a special assistant position in the White House.

Paul Posnak

He has performed at the White House, the US Supreme Court, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Pershing Park

In November 1963, the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue proposed a master plan for the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the White House to the United States Capitol.

Richard Ragan

Richard Ragan (born June 10, 1964) is a senior United Nations official, and former National Security Council Director for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the Clinton White House.

Rift Valley Academy

Having met with Hurlburt in the White House in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Kijabe shortly after leaving office four years later.

RoseMarie Panio

Panio was appointed to the NYS Watershed Protection and Partnership Council by Governor George Pataki, served on the White House Committee on Small Business, and also as Chairperson for the 19th Congressional District’s Senior Task Force.

Ruth Johnson Colvin

She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on December 15, 2006, in the East Room of the White House.

Scott Schoeneweis

He is actively involved in the Office of the White House National Drug Control Policy, encouraging students to say no to drugs.

Shanksville, Pennsylvania

The hijackers had intended to crash the airplane in Washington, D.C.; destroying either the Capitol or the White House.

Stephen M. Studdert

Stephen Mark Studdert (born 1948) served on the White House staff as Advisor to United States Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford.

The Singing Angels

The Singing Angels have been featured on national and international television, have performed four times at the White House and have appeared in concert with a host of superstars, including Bob Hope, Kenny Rogers, Wayne Newton, Celine Dion, B.J. Thomas, Roberta Flack, and most recently The Barenaked Ladies.

To Love a Child

To Love a Child was the theme song for the Foster Grandparents program initiated by Nancy Reagan in 1982, and was performed by Reagan and Sinatra at the program's White House launch.

United States Air Force Honor Guard

Ceremonies include those for visiting dignitaries and military officials, funerals for deceased Air Force personnel and their dependents, wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, White House arrival ceremonies, receptions, and other state and military occasions which comprise the Honor Guards of all five armed services (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard).

Vestal Goodman

The Happy Goodmans won multiple Grammy and Dove awards, charted 15 #1 hit songs including “I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ For My Journey Now," and performed more than 3,500 concerts, including performing at the White House for President Jimmy Carter in 1979.

Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie

On 7 May 2007, she attended a state dinner at the White House, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush.