Posted on Dec 22, 2016
12 Mind-Blowing Facts About the White House You Missed in History Class
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Some more awesome history for the day- knew some of them and several I had no clue. George designed and approved the layout but never lived there, Women's Suffrage movement had some balls, never knew it was haunted, has been a zoo of sorts at times, paint issues keep someone in the money, a big full time work force, and Brad Metzler is looking for the original cornerstone still.
12 Mind-Blowing Facts About the White House You Missed in History Class
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White House
Office of the President (POTUS)
American History
Washington
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Thank for sharing Maj Marty Hogan Over the decades I have learned quite a bit about the White House in history classes and in my own research.
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One of the things left out is that the White House was almost completely rebuilt under the Truman presidency. Trumans daughter broke through the floor and the floors on upper levels where bouncy. A structural analysis revealed the White House wasn't safe and Truman got the White House gutted and rebuilt. Very little of the White House is original. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Reconstruction
White House Reconstruction - Wikipedia
The White House Reconstruction, also known as the Truman Reconstruction, was a comprehensive dismantling and rebuilding of the interior of the White House between 1949-1952. A century-and-a-half of wartime destruction and rebuilding, hurried renovations, additions of new services, technologies, an added Third Floor, and inadequate foundations brought the Executive Residence portion of the White House Complex to near-imminent collapse. In 1948...
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