From: Loran <loran@invalid.net>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Canada: Worst in the World
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:27:40 -0600
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Alan wrote:
>> Did you know your leader is a Marxist blackface-wearing fool?
>
> So, no: you don't know why the White House is painted white.
>
> :-)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623638/why-the-white-house-is-white
The President of the United Stateâs famous mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue in Washington, DC, stands out in part because its white facade
contrasts brilliantly with the well-tended, green grounds that surround
it. But while the appearance is certainly aesthetically pleasing, itâs
really just a serendipitous side effectâthe real reason that the White
House was painted white is a little more utilitarian.
In 1791, then-President George Washington chose the site for the estate,
and construction began the following year. By 1798, the year after
Washington had completed his second and final presidential term, workers
had finished erecting the sandstone walls of the building. Instead of
painting it with traditional paint, they used whitewash, a lime-based
liquid that would prevent water from leaking into the porous stone and
freezing.
Readerâs Digest reports that the mansionâs first resident was John Adams
in 1800, and it wasnât long before people stopped referring to it as
âthe Presidentâs Houseâ and adopted a nickname that alluded to the
placeâs eye-catching exterior: the White House.
âThere is much trouble at the white house, as we call it, I mean the
Presidentâs,â Massachusetts congressman Abijah Bigelow wrote to his wife
on March 18, 1812 [PDF]. As The White House Historical Association
points out, this was just three months before the United States would
declare war against Britain.
In August 1814, British troops actually set fire to the White House,
giving rise to the still-prevalent rumor that the White House was
painted white to cover up the damage, but the whitewashing that took
place after the disaster was really just a continuation of the
years-long tradition. In 1818, the maintenance staff finally switched to
using white lead paint (a whole 570 gallons of it) to keep the White
House in gleaming condition.
The nickname remained informal for the next 80-odd years, until
President Theodore Roosevelt made it the official name of the residence
in 1901. It wasnât the only lasting impact Roosevelt had on the
placeâthe following year, he launched a major renovation project that
included relocating the presidentâs offices to whatâs now known as the
West Wing.
Laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh...at YOU - pretentiously moronic Canucklehead!