White House Tour

Today, we went to Washington DC to take an inside tour of the White House.

We weren't allowed to bring in cameras so I couldn't take any pictures.  We got to see the Library, Vermeil Room, East Room, Green Room, Blue Room, Red Room, State Dining Room and Entrance Hall.

Interesting things we learned:

• The White House has a bowling lane, a tennis court, a basketball court, a putting green, a jogging track, a swimming pool, 132 rooms, 4 dining rooms, 1 dentist office, 28 fireplaces, 12 chimneys, 3 elevators, 4 floors, and 2 basements.

• Members of the first family and their guests use the rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors.  There are 16 family and guest bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a sunny family room, a kitchen, and a dining room.  Special guests stay in the Queens' Bedroom and the Lincoln Bedroom.

• In 1835, Andrew Jackson received a strange gift: a huge wheel of cheddar cheese, 4 feet round and 2 feet thick, weighing 1,400 pounds.  It sat in the Entrance Hall for two years while it cured.  Jackson invited the public to visit and eat the cheese on Washington's Birthday, 1837.  Within two hours, the cheese was gone but the smell remained.

• The President's salary is $400,000.

• We liked reading all about the various White House pets.

The Blue Room

The Red Room

The Green Room

The East Room

The State Dining Room

The Vermeil Room

The Library

Click on the map below to go to another map where you can click on any room to see pictures of every room in the private residence section through the years. 

Very, very cool!  I love all the old pictures and to see how much each room has changed over the years.

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