Tuesday, January 1, 2008

A White House Tour







White House is located in Washington, D.C. It is a tourist attraction that 5 of 132 rooms are open to public visit. They are the Blue Room, the East Room, the Green Room, the Red Room and the State Dining Room. White House was built between 1792 and 1800.People called it different names, the President's Palace, the President's House and the Executive Mansion, but White House has been the most common name.
All presidents of the US except George Washington had lived there during their presidential terms.
After all renovations it has kept the simple form of existence. It stands among gardens and lawns. The main building; the white edifice was built with the association of an Italian architect.
The apartment of the President is on the second floor of the main building .The guest rooms and quarters for staffs are on the third floor. The rooms which are on the ground floor are; the cloak rooms, china room, the kitchen and library.
The formal rooms of state are on the first floor and are open to the public.
The East Room is the largest room in the White House, used for state receptions.
The President receives guests at state dinners in the oval Blue Room and the Red Room is where the First Lady receives guests.
Informal receptions are held in the Green Room and formal dinners are in the State Dining Room.
The Cabinet Room is in the west wing; the cabinet secretaries and the advisors serving the President meet there.
The Rose Garden has been used for different events by the presidents, like meeting the press, being photographed with prominent citizens, making public announcements about policy. Moreover, many news conferences take place there.
The Oval Office has been used by some presidents to address the public on TV. President Bush is one of them. This office is the President's workplace. There is a desk in this office that the President does a lot of his tasks at it. The presidents keep personal photographs or reminders in the office. There are two doors in the office, one opens to the Rose Garden and the other one opens to the Cabinet Room.
Also, there are pictures, paintings and pieces of furniture that are symbols used by different presidents, like what President Bush has in his office and referred to them while he was addressing people in his office and describing it.
He used the word sun several times, talking about the start of the day in the Oval Office, the rug in the middle of the room which has the eagle in its centre with the olive branch and also the paintings on the walls which reflect his nature. The room is an optimistic place to work, he believes.
He has the painting of Abraham Lincoln in his office as the president, who unified the country which was a big objective to keep the union.
Also, he mentioned other presidents George Washington as the first president of the country and Dwight D Eisenhower as a modest person and a president that he appreciates his leadership style, since he was a solid president.
At the end he talked about the family pictures on one of the desks in the Oval Office, He says he loves his family behind him.

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