White House Connection
Although George Washington and his wife never lived in the presidential mansion now known as the White House in Washington, D.C., construction of the building started during his term in office, and it is speculated that the name may have derived from White House Plantation, where the couple had shared many pleasant memories.
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The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn.”
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