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Meeting House Hill is one of the oldest sections of Boston's historic Dorchester neighborhood. It is the site of the First Parish Church (est. 1631) and the Mather School (est. 1639), the oldest public elementary school in North America.
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The White House has 132 rooms, and each new US president gets $100,000 to redecorate them. With every new president comes new design choices , often reflecting their values and political views.
The cabinet of Barack Obama meeting in November 2009 Plan of the first (ground) floor of the White House; the Cabinet Room is visible at center. Video about the Cabinet Room and the Cabinet The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776, circa 1873 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, has been on display in the Cabinet Room since the late-1980s.
Bummer, George. Our nation's very first president, George Washington, picked the site for the White House and gave its design a thumbs-up. But he left office in 1797 and died in 1799, three years ...
Throughout history, the White House has been referred to as the “President's Palace,” the “Executive Mansion,” and the “President's House,” among other terms. Since its construction ...
The Dorchester Historical Society was "founded in 1843 and incorporated in 1891." [ 2 ] The Historical Society is headquartered in the William Clapp House and also operates several other historic house museums in Dorchester, including the James Blake House (c.1661), and Captain Lemuel Clap House ( Clapp Houses ) which are open for tours on ...
The Map Room is a room on the ground floor of the White House, the official home of the president of the United States. The Map Room takes its name from its use during World War II, when Franklin Roosevelt used it as a situation room where maps were consulted to track the war's progress (for such purposes, it was later replaced by the West Wing ...