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AWARE HOW IT WORKED SINCE 1845 -- 190045. 45. >> THIS IS A PART OF THE
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WHITE HOUSE WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY LIVES. >> I NEVER FORGET THAT I
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LIVE IN MY HOUSE OWNED BY ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT TRUST. >> THERE ARE
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TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY WHO LIVE FOR A CONTINUITY OF PROVIDENCE. >> THIS IS A PUBLIC
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HOUSE AND A WONDERFUL PRIVATE HOME FOR OUR PRESIDENT. >> IT IS
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| 00:01:26 |
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THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE WHICH MEANS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE THIS PLACE UNDER THE EXTRAORDINARY CONDITION WE FOUNDED. IT. >> THIS IS
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THE SYMBOLIC, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALIVE WITH ACTIVITY AND QUIET AT TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST. IT IS A PUBLIC MUSEUM WITH A COLLECTION...
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| 00:02:47 |
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HOUSE HAS WITHSTOOD WAR AND BULLDOZERS JUST AS IT IS INHABITANT'S HAS. >> IT IS THE STORY OF
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| 00:02:53 |
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A HOUSE THAT IN MANY WAYS NO LONGER EXISTS. THE INSIDES HAVE BEEN BURNT, GUTTED, AND REBUILD. EVEN THOSE PARTS OF IT THAT HAVE BECOME LANDFILL OR THAT...
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| 00:04:15 |
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PLACE CUB READ ON BASED ON THE FIRST FAMILY. >> THERE'S
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| 00:04:18 |
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A TREMENDOUS URGENCY ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU HAVE THE TRANQUIL STATE ROOMS AND NOTHING ELSE IS TRANQUIL B. >> THE TOUR WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11:00 A.M....
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| 00:04:35 |
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ACTIVITY HITS ITS PEAK FROM THE WEST WING, THE BUSINESS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS CONDUCTED AND TRANSMITTED TO THE WORLD BY THE EVER-PRESENT MEDIA....
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METAPHOR FOR THE COUNTRY. IT IS ROUGHLY AS OLD AS THE COUNTRY BUT IT IS AS RELEVANT AS THIS MORNING'S HEADLINES. IT RECEIVES A FRESH INJECTION OF LIFE...
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IS AWAY, THERE ARE NO EVENTS, BUT CHANGES THAT THE FIRST LADY WANTS TO THE HISTORIC ROOMS IN THE HOUSE GET CARRIED OUT. FIVE DAYS PER WEEK, ALONG WITH...
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| 00:05:41 |
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IN HERE, IT IS STILL A THRILL TO SEE THE BEAUTY AND SIMPLICITY OF IT AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THESE ROOMS. FOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVE HISTORY,...
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| 00:06:21 |
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MIDDLE OF 18 ACRES KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT'S PARK, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN HOME TO EACH OF AMERICA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVES SINCE JOHN ADAMS. THE WEST AND EAST...
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| 00:07:54 |
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HOUSE AND PULLED UP OUT OF THE GROUND, IT WOULD BE HUGE. YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE HOW ENORMOUS IT COULD BE. TWO BASEMENT FLOORS, THE WEST WING WITH SELLERS...
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| 00:08:16 |
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WING TO THE EAST, THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX IS OVER 300 FEET LONG. IT IS EQUIPPED FOR A HUGE POLITICAL STAFF AS WELL AS THE PERMANENT STAFF OF JUST ABOUT...
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| 00:08:37 |
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DESK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, I MAKE MY FIRST GRADE YOUR REPORT TO THE PEOPLE. >> FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
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ARRIVE FOR HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE IN MARCH OF 1933, THE WHITE HOUSE IS 133 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN HOME TO 30 PRESIDENTS BEFORE HIM. PERHAPS THE CHIEF...
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| 00:09:08 |
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TOGETHER REVOLUTIONIZED HOW WE SEE THE WHITE HOUSE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AM FACED WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR TWO, FDR EXPANDS...
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| 00:09:57 |
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MUCH THAT I COULD BE OUT THERE ROLLING EGGS WITH ALL OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON. I HAD MY EGGS FOR BREAKFAST. [LAUGHTER] >> HE LOVED THE WHITE
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| 00:10:10 |
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HOUSE ITSELF. HE WAS INTERESTED IN IT. HE HAD YEARS OF PLANNING AND WORK WITH THE COUNTRY WAS PARALLELED BY ENDLESS WORK WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. HE HAD...
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| 00:10:55 |
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ROOSEVELT STANDING AT A PODIUM BUT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE REVIEW IN EITHER IN A WHEELCHAIR OR AS THIS ARE RARE FILM FOOTAGE REVEALS,...
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| 00:11:26 |
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POWER OF RADIO AND FILM TECHNOLOGY, FDR TRANSFORMED HOW THE BUILDING IS SEEN BY THE NATION. HE INCREASED VISIBILITY FAR BEYOND ANY PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM...
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| 00:11:44 |
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PORTICO FROM WHERE FDR ADDRESSES THE NATION IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE WHITE HOUSE RESERVED FOR PRESIDENTS, FIRST LADIES, AND THEIR GUESTS. IT LEADS INTO...
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| 00:12:10 |
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BEFORE SINCE JAMESTOWN AND PLYMOUTH ROCK -- >> FDR MADE THE FIRST OF
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| 00:12:18 |
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MANY FIRESIDE CHATS TO THE NATION DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. >> I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT
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HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND WHY IT WAS DONE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE. >> MAINLY
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| 00:12:30 |
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THROUGH RADIO BUT SOMETIMES ALLOWING THE NEWSREEL CAMERAS IN FOUR PORTIONS OF THIS CHAT. LIKE SO MANY OF THE ROOMS, IT HAS HAD VERY USES OVER THE YEARS...
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ROOM THAT THE POLICY FIRST WHEN THEY COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE. EVERYONE WHO COMES TO IT COMES THROUGH IT AND LEADS BY IT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY...
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| 00:13:21 |
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THAT WAS PRINTED IN FRANCE ABOUT 1834. IT IS ALL THEMES OF AMERICA. AND >> IT IS STILL FDR WHO HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE HISTORY OF THIS SPACE. >>...
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KNOW THAT WE CANNOT ESCAPE DANGER. >> IT IS NOT ONLY
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| 00:13:48 |
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THE PRESIDENT WHO IS A MASTER OF PUBLIC PERSUASION, MRS. ROOSEVELT IS THE FIRST FIRST LADY TO HOLD REGULAR PRESS CONFERENCES. TWO DAYS AFTER HER HUSBAND'S...
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| 00:14:21 |
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STUFFY PUBLISHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAD TO HIRE THEIR FIRST FEMALE REPORTER. THEY SAY A GENERATION OF FEMALE JOURNALISTS GOT THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF...
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| 00:14:35 |
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SENT ME ON THE VARIOUS STAGES OF LIFE AND THE WHITE HOUSE -- >> WORLD WAR II,
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| 00:14:43 |
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COMES A NEED FOR SECRECY INSIDE THE AND WITH A TRANSFORMATION OF ANOTHER ROOM INSIDE THE HOME, IN PART DUE TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS VISIT EVER TO THE...
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| 00:15:00 |
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IS HERE AND AFTER A JURY 10-DAY TRIP FROM LONDON. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BEGINS FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT ARE ARRIVING...
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| 00:15:45 |
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FEEL THAT. IN THAT ROOM. IT LOOKS SO RADICALLY DIFFERENT. IT HAS THINGS ALL OVER THE WALLS AND MAPS AND A LITTLE PATH THROUGH AN OLD BEAT-UP OAKEN METAL...
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| 00:16:12 |
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ROOM, YOU TRAVEL TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SPACE IMAGINING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN HIS DAY. TURNING TO THE RIGHT AND JUST ABOVE THE FIREPLACE, YOU...
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| 00:16:32 |
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INTERESTED IN THE MAPS THAT WAS OF THE LOCATIONS OF SHIPS AND WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN WHERE HIS SONS WERE IN RELATION TO THE WAR. HE WAS EXTREMELY...
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| 00:16:50 |
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WOULD SPEND TIME HERE. THERE IS THE STORY OF ALAN ARE WITNESSING BANBURY SHE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE ROOM BUT SHE CAME IN A COUPLE OF TIMES. SHE...
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| 00:17:23 |
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GRAPPLES WITH THE COUNTRY AT WAR, MRS. ROOSEVELT WRESTLES WITH TENSIONS INSIDE THE HOME. SHE AND HER HEAD HOUSEKEEPER BELIEVE THAT...
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| 00:17:51 |
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ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE IS SEEN AS THE CENTRAL AMERICAN PLACE. I WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT PART OF THAT CENTRALITY IS BECAUSE...
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| 00:18:22 |
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TODAY ARE DIVERSE AS THE NATION'S POPULATION. WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES, THEY PROVIDE A CONTINUITY TO THE WHITE HOUSE THREE DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS....
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| 00:18:38 |
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PART OF A SENSE OF PRIVACY. YOU DON'T SEE THEM SHARING ALL THEIR STORIES. THEY FEEL PART OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE IS TO DO THE WORK AND WHAT HAPPENS...
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| 00:19:03 |
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HOUSE STAFF HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES AND MAKE THEM FEEL AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE AROUND DROPPING...
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| 00:19:28 |
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EVENTS THEY PREPARE FOR PROVIDE A WINDOW INTO THE HOME TODAY AND IT'S UNFOLDED HISTORY. SOME SUCH AS THE WORK BEING DONE HERE IN THE CHOCOLATE SHOPS...
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| 00:19:58 |
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WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MANDAR. (music) (music) >> IT
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| 00:20:13 |
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IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE CAME FROM. SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE THERE AND ARE YOU MAKE ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE LIFE AND ITS USAGE...
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| 00:20:23 |
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WAS SANCTIFIED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON'S. IT WAS HE WHO NEVER LIVED THERE WHO CREATED THE CORNERSTONE. HE HAD A MAJOR SAY IN ITS DESIGN AND LOCATION. >>...
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TO MOVE TO A NEW FEDERAL STUDY ON THE POTOMAC BY 1800, IN 1792, WASHINGTON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON ANNOUNCED A DESIGN COMPETITION TO BUILD A PRESIDENT'S...
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| 00:21:08 |
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BECAME IMPATIENT WITH THE COMMISSION. THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE CORNERSTONE. WASHINGTON WAS AN OLD SURVEY ARE AND TOOK OFF HIS COAT AND DROVE...
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| 00:22:08 |
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WHITE HOUSE UNDER WASHINGTON'S GARLAND, YOU COME INTO THE STATE FLOOR OF THE HOME. YOU COME INTO A LAY OUT THAT HE AND OTHER EARLY PRESIDENTS WOULD ALL...
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| 00:22:44 |
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WASHINGTON HAD AN INSTINCTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOYER OF LEADERSHIP. THE EAST ROOM WAS SOMETHING IN WHICH HE TOOK A PARTICULAR INTEREST. >> IT IS...
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| 00:22:57 |
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GRAND CEREMONIAL ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. PUBLIC HISTORY UNFOLDS HERE IN FRONT OF A NATION. IT HAS BORNE WITNESS TO HISTORIC TREATY AND BILL-SIGNING....
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| 00:23:11 |
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HOUSE WEDDINGS, COUNTLESS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, THIS IS BY HAD SAID STATE AND THE EVENTS CELEBRATE ITS HISTORY. >> THIS HOUSE IS FOREVER
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RENEWED BY THE A'S WAS FIDELITY OF ITS FOUNDERS AND A BOUNDLESS PROMISE OF A ITS FUTUREHEIRS. >> IS ALSO A PLACE
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| 00:23:27 |
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WHERE THE NATION MOURNED TOGETHER SERVING AS THE REMORSE SEVEN OF THE EIGHT PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE DIED WHILE IN OFFICE HAD LAIN IN STATE. MORE THAN A PLACE...
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| 00:23:50 |
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HAS ALWAYS BEEN SANCTIFIED BY THE PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IT IS KEPT COMPANY BY A LATER PORTRAIT OF MARTHA WASHINGTON FIGURATIVELY, THE WASHINGTON'S...
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| 00:24:08 |
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PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON THAT IS THE ONLY PORTRAIT HANGING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 1, 1800. IT IS THE DAY HIS SUCCESSOR, JOHN ADAMS, BECOMES...
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| 00:24:22 |
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WAS INCOMPLETE. NO ROOMS WERE FURNISHED. VERY FEW ROOMS WERE PLASTERED. THE ROOF LEAKED AND THERE WAS NO RUNNING WATER. THERE WAS AN OUTDOOR PRIVY NEXT...
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| 00:24:45 |
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THE HOME, ABIGAIL ADAMS USE OF THE EAST ROOM FOR ANYTHING BUT WHAT WASHINGTON ENVISIONED. >> SHE USED IT
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| 00:24:53 |
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AS A DRAWING ROOM. IT WAS ON FINISHED. IT WAS LEAKING LIKE CRAZY. SHE SET UP THE CLOTHESLINES IN THERE, APPARENTLY. >>JOHN ADAMS
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WAS CONSTANTLY COMPARED TO GEORGE WASHINGTON ON FAVRE BLOOD. ON FAVORABLY. -- UNFAVORABLY. JOHN ADAMS WOULD STAND NEXT TO THE PORTRAIT. HE DID NOT HAVE...
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| 00:25:43 |
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OF THE WHITE HOUSE IS ONE OF POLITICAL DEFEAT AND PERSONAL TRAGEDY. WITHIN DAYS OF MOVING INTO THIS HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT LEARNED THAT HIS TENURE WOULD...
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| 00:26:21 |
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HEAVEN TO BESTOW THE BEST OF BLESSINGS ON THIS HOUSE. MAY NONE BUT HONEST AND WISE MEN EVER RULED RO THISOF. THIS ROOF. IT IS THE LASTING GIFT OF JOHN...
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| 00:26:49 |
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ONE OF THREE MONUMENTS AND THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AS VISITORS
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| 00:26:52 |
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GO THROUGH THE STATE FLOOR TODAY, THEY HAVE A PRESIDENT TO BANK FOR ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO COME IN FOR TAURUS. HIS PRESENCE IS FELT THROUGHOUT THE ROOMS...
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| 00:27:04 |
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YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY AS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND THE WHITE HOUSE TH. >> THE WHITE
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| 00:27:12 |
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HOUSE WAS FIRST OPENED IN THE SPRING OF 1821. (music) (music) >> THERE IS A
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| 00:27:26 |
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PARTICULAR FEELING IN THE GREEN ROOM TO ME OF JEFFERSON OF AN EVERYDAY DINING ROOM WHERE HE HAD HIS ROUND TABLE AND HE DID ALL THE TALKING. I CAN IMAGINE...
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| 00:29:11 |
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SYMBOLISM IN JEFFERSON'S USE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. HE BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO SHAKE HANDS. TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WE TAKE FOR GRANTED BUT THAT WAS A...
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| 00:29:26 |
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IN ADDITION TO HIS SYMBOLIC IMPACT, THOMAS JEFFERSON AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE, ADDING COLONNADES OF EACH SIDE FOR STABLES AND SERVANTS'...
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| 00:30:05 |
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WHITE HOUSE WAS BUILT LIKE WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS BUILT, THE LABOR IN AMERICA WAS PROVIDED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS. IT WAS LABOR THAT WAS FINDING THE STONES...
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| 00:31:34 |
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AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS SON WAS ONE OF THREE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARIES FROM CSPAN INCLUDED IN THE AMERICAN ICONS DVD COLLECTION. GET YOUR COPY FOR $24.95....
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| 00:33:03 |
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WASHINGTON, ADDED ONTO BY JEFFERSON, AND BILL TO ITS CURRENT SIZE BY FDR, IT IS A HOME OF CONSTANT GROWTH AND CHANGE. WHEN PRESIDENT NEVER ORDERS A...
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| 00:33:56 |
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LINCOLNS LEFT A POLITICAL IMPRINT ON THE WHITE HOUSE. IN EVERY OTHER SENSE, THEY LEFT PERHAPS THE GREATEST IMPRINT OF ANY PRESIDENT. >> THE MYSTIQUE OF...
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| 00:34:10 |
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WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PER LINCOLNIOD. >> THE
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| 00:34:17 |
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HOUSE AT 31 ROOMS OF WHICH ONLY SIX OR SEVEN OR SET ASIDE FOR USE BY THE LINCOLN FAMILY. THERE WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. >> THESE
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| 00:34:29 |
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ARE THE PRIVATE QUARTERS WHERE CAMERAS ARE RARELY ALLOWED. THE ENTIRE FLOOR IS SET ASIDE FOR FAMILY USE. IN LINCOLN'S TIME WITHOUT A WEST WING YET HEALTH,...
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| 00:34:56 |
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WALKING UPSTAIRS AND TURNED THE CORNER AND I SAW THE LINCOLN BEDROOM. I WENT IN THE PLACE WHERE LINCOLN ACTUALLY SAT AND WROTE AND WHERE HE DRAFTED...
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| 00:35:26 |
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ROOM AND A HOME TODAY IS A BEDROOM BUT IN LINCOLN'S TIME, IT WAS ANYTHING BUT A PLACE FOR REST. >> THIS ROOM WAS THE OFFICE
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| 00:35:35 |
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AND CABINET ROOM. HE GOT HERE AROUND 9:00 AND WORKED THROUGH THE DAY UNDER THE MOST TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER THE MOST DEMANDING ROUTINE THAT...
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| 00:36:02 |
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MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SOMEHOW, HE MANAGED TO MAINTAIN HIS SENSE OF HUMOR. ONE OFFICE-SEEKER CAN TO GRIPE AND COMPLAIN AND DENOUNCE THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:36:32 |
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THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 1863 FOLLOWING A LENGTHY RECESSION DOWNSTAIRS. HE HAD SHAKEN SOME MONEY HAS THAT WHEN YOU WENT TO HIS...
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| 00:37:21 |
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THE GENIUS OF THE MAN. IT IS A SAMPLE SPACE. IT WAS NOT MUCH APPRECIATED WHEN IT WAS GIVEN CURRENT IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT SPEECHES IN THE HISTORY OF...
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| 00:37:40 |
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AWHILE, BUT I WILL SNEAK RE-TOOTHPIC READ THENEAK IN TO RE- READ AT THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS CORE IT WAS ONLY THREE MINUTES LONG. WHEN I GET LONG WINDED,...
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| 00:37:59 |
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IMAGINE THE TROUBLED LINCOLN HAD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOUR COUNTRY IS ABOUT TO SPLINTER. HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS OF WAR?...
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| 00:38:20 |
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MOST HISTORIC ROOM IN THE HOUSE OR ONE FIRSTLY WILL LEAVE HER BIGGEST IMPRINT ON THE FUTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE RECLAIM AS PART OF THE PAST AND CONNECTS...
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| 00:38:53 |
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HOUSE IN THE LATE 1940'S AND EARLY 1950'S, HE SET UP THAT ROOM, THE ROOM WE NOW CALL THE LINCOLN BEDROOM, TO COMMEMORATE THE FACT THAT IT WAS LINCOLN'S...
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| 00:39:17 |
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HAS UNDERGONE A VARIETY OF CHANGES PER A. GEARS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S PRESENTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT THE FIRST MAJOR RENOVATION OF THE ROOM WAS...
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| 00:39:31 |
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YEARS OLD. I WORKED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. I WORK WITH FURNITURE CURATORS AND ART HISTORIANS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS. WE LOOKED BACK...
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| 00:39:55 |
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DATES BACK TO 1861. IT WAS BOUGHT BY MARY TODD LINCOLN AS PART OF HER WHITE HOUSE REFURBISHING. IT IS 8 FEET LONG, 60 WHITE, MADE OF CARVED ROSEWOOD....
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| 00:40:10 |
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STRENGTH, THE LINCOLN BED, THE VICTORIA AND DECORATING, THE BED IS STILL DRESSED THE WAY WE DID THAT SO WE DID THAT AGAIN. >> IT IS THIS BAD BOUGHT...
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| 00:40:27 |
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MARY LINCOLN AND THE MOST WELL-KNOWN PIECE OF HISTORICAL FURNITURE IN THE HOUSE THAT HOLDS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE LINCOLN FAMILY'S TIME THERE....
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| 00:40:37 |
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ONE OF MARY LINCOLN'S MANY EXTRAVAGANT PURCHASES AS SHE BEGAN A CAMPAIGN WHEN SHE GOT HERE TO REDECORATE THIS ENTIRE BEDROOM. >> SHE SPENT SO
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| 00:40:52 |
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MUCH MONEY AND HE SAW THE BILL AND FLEW INTO A RAGE. HE SAID THE SOLDIERS NEEDED BLANKETS. >> THE ETHICAL THING ABOUT
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| 00:41:04 |
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THIS BED IS THAT IT IS WHERE IN FEBRUARY, 1862, LINCOLN WI SONLLY DIED AFTER A BOUT WITH TYPHOID FEVER. AFTER THAT, MARY WOULD NEVER GO INTO HIS ROOM...
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| 00:41:24 |
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ABSORB THE SUN'S DEATH. LINCOLN FINALLY SAID TO HER WHEN HE TOOK HER TO THE WINDOW AND MADE HER LOOK ACROSS THE RIVER AT THE MENTAL HOSPITAL, ST. ELIZABETHS....
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| 00:41:47 |
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HOLE UP IN WILLY'S ROOM, OFTEN ON A THURSDAY, THE DAY HE DIED OFF AND TO GRIEVE. HOW LINCOLN'S HANDLED THEIR GRIEF GOES TO HOW WE SEE THEM TODAY. IN THE...
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| 00:42:35 |
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THE WAR, RELIEF FINALLY COMES TO A WHITE HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN HOME TO NOT ONLY A FAMILY BUT TO UNION TROOPS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PEACE BETWEEN THE...
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| 00:43:12 |
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LINCOLN'S LAST SPEECH WAS MADE FROM THAT WINDOW. THE MARINE BAND WAS ON THE PORCH. HE WAS MAKING A CONCILIATORY SPEECH. HE THROUGH THE PAGES ON THE FLOOR...
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| 00:43:41 |
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WAS SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT NIGHT ON ALONG THE WAS LISTENING, WHO TURNED TO HIS FRIEND AND SAID," DID YOU HEAR THAT? THAT MEANS NEGRO CITIZENSHIP....
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| 00:44:02 |
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CATAPULTED INTO AN ASSASSINATION. THAT NIGHT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TURNING POINT. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT SPEECH AND THE SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW, THAT...
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| 00:44:16 |
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WITHOUT THE LINK A MELODRAMA, THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD NOT BE THERE TODAY. -- WITHOUT THE LINK IN MELODRAMA, THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD NOT BE THERE TODAY. THE...
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| 00:44:37 |
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DECADES FOLLOWING LINCOLN, THE WHITE HOUSE IS ONCE AGAIN DRAPED IN BLACK FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION OF JAMES GARFIELD IN 1881. INSIDE, THE HONG GROWS...
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| 00:45:25 |
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EVERYONE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE TEDDY ROOSEVELT 150TH BIRTHDAY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID I DON'T...
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| 00:45:49 |
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OF THE PRESIDENCY EVER EXISTED AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT. >> HE HAD AN
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| 00:45:58 |
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ENTERTAINING FAMILY. HIS CHILDREN ROLLER SKATED IN THE EAST ROOM. THERE WAS A SURGE OF ENERGY. HIS CHILDREN GOT INTO THE ACT. >> SOME OF THE STORIES
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| 00:46:18 |
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AFTER ROOSEVELT BECAME MORE EXTRAVAGANT. I HAVE TROUBLE IMAGINING SOME OF THEM. THE ROOSEVELTS WERE EXTREMELY CONSCIOUS OF PROPRIETY. >> IF YOU WANT...
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| 00:46:39 |
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ASK YOURSELF TO WHOM DOES A MODERN WHITE HOUSE OVER THE MOST, IT WAS ROOSEVELT. HE WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WEST WING. >> THE WHITE HOUSE
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| 00:46:56 |
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IS JUST OVER 100 YEARS OLD WHEN THE ROOSEVELT ARRIVED. UPSTAIRS, EDITH ROOSEVELT DRAWS THIS MAP SHOWING HOW CROWDED THINGS ARE WITH THE FAMILY AND THE...
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| 00:47:42 |
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THE BUCHANAN CONSERVATORIES AND SMASHED A GLASS HOUSES. IT INDICATED HE WAS GETTING RID OF ANYTHING THAT REMINDED PEOPLE OF JAMES BUCHANAN. THE GLASS...
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| 00:48:09 |
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CONSIDERED TEMPORARY AT THE TIME, THE NEW EXECUTIVE OF IS BUILDING IS ONE STORY TALL. IT IS A RECTANGULAR OFFICE FOR THE PRESIDENT WHERE THEODORE ROOSEVELT...
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| 00:48:22 |
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THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PRESIDENT, LINCOLN TYPES AND YOU CAN TYPES AND THERE IS NO DOUBT WHICH TYPE HE HIMSELF BELONGS TO. IT IS NO AND ACCIDENT THATT.R....
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| 00:49:03 |
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IS BEING BUILT IN A FOUR-MONTH PERIOD, T.R. AND EDITH ARE BUSY MAKING OVER THE TRANSFORMING THE STATE FLOOR INTO A STYLE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A GROWING...
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| 00:49:21 |
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POTTED PALMS AND A HUGE STAINED-GLASS SCREENS AND THE VICTORIANA. HE TOOK A BACK 100 YEARS TO THE AUSTERITY OF THE FEDERALIST TIMES. IT WAS AS IF WASHINGTON...
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| 00:49:44 |
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ON THE HALL. ONE OF THE STATE FLOOR, HE TAKES THE EAST ROOM BACK IN TIME AND THAT THE OTHER, HE MODERNIZES THE STATE DINING ROOM TO FIT HIS NEEDS FOR...
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| 00:49:59 |
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STATE DINING ROOM, IT WAS SIMPLE BUT ON ANOTHER LEVEL IT WAS GRANDLY SIMPLE. (music) (music) >>
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| 00:50:20 |
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IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE TO IMAGINE THAT THE DINING ROOM WAS NOT LARGER THAN IT WAS WHEN IT OPENS. >> ELIMINATING THIS
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| 00:50:34 |
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STAIRCASE, 140 PEOPLE CAN BE SQUEEZED IN BUT IT CREATED A MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE PLACE FOR STATE DINNERS OR OCCASIONS OF STATE. >> THE WALL
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| 00:50:45 |
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PANELING IS ALMOST ALL ORIGINAL. THE ONLY THING THAT TEDDY ROOSEVELT WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE IS THAT WALZ IN HIS DAY WERE OAK PANELING AND THEY WERE DARK...
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| 00:51:14 |
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FEATURE OVER THE MANTLE IS THE GREATG.P. HEALEY PORTRAIT OF A THOUGHTFUL AND PERPLEXED ABRAHAM LINCOLN. IT IS A VERY POWERFUL IMAGE. >> THAT PORTRAIT
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| 00:51:30 |
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WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY MRS. ROBERT TAUGHT LINCOLN IN 1939 /. >> IT IS
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| 00:51:40 |
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FITTING THAT BELOW THE PORTRAIT IS A LASTING AMERICAN IMAGE ON THE FIREPLACE MANTLE LEFT HER BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND STILL SEEN TODAY. >> THE BUFFALO
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| 00:51:52 |
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HEADS ARE THERE BECAUSE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. THE MANTELPIECE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL BUT IT IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL WHICH WAS PUT THERE AFTER THE 1902...
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| 00:52:30 |
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STATE DINING ROOM THROUGH THE PARLORS, USE THE PORTRAIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT HANGING IN THE EAST ROOM THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON DESIGNED. PART OF THIS...
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| 00:54:46 |
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STATE FLOOR, TOURISTS CAN SEE THE IN FACT OF T.R. AND OTHER PRESIDENTS ON THE PUBLIC PART OF THE HOUSE. HIS LASTING IMPRINT IS WHAT HE LEAVES ON PART...
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| 00:55:32 |
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FLOOR PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. SINCE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES WERE MOVED OUT DURING THE TIME OF THE ROOSEVELT, THE ENTIRE FLOOR WAS RESERVED...
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| 00:55:48 |
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WHITE HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE THAT HAD ATTENTION. IT WAS THE TENSION BETWEEN BEING A PUBLIC SITE AND BEING SOMEONE'S HOME. THAT TENSION PLAYS...
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| 00:56:35 |
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IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE LIVING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL HOTEL. THE GROUND FLOOR IS THE LOBBY AND WHEN YOU STEP OUT, YOU WILL INTERACT WITH A RANGE OF PEOPLE,...
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| 00:57:07 |
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HOUSING IN AMERICA. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. I ASSUME THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT HOUSE PINCH THEMSELVES EVERY DAY IT. . MRS. KENNEDY REALLY WANTED IN...
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| 00:57:49 |
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THE LIVING QUARTERS IS THE YELLOW OVAL ROOM, THE MOST FORMAL, WHICH REFLECTS THE HOME TODAY AND THEIR COUNTRY'S PAST, AS WELL. IT IS HERE WHERE JOHN...
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| 00:58:29 |
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THAT WAS WHERE ROOSEVELT COULD GO AND RELAX. HE LOVED TO PLAY CARDS THERE. HE WOULD PLAY POKER, GAMES WITH CABINET OFFICERS. THERE IS A WONDERFUL AS STORY...
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| 00:59:24 |
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WARM HOUSE WHICH IS DECORATED. THIS IS THE SOUTH FACING ROOM. EVEN ON A COLD JANUARY DAY, THE SUN POURS IN THROUGH THESE BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS. A LOT OF...
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| 01:00:17 |
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ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE INCLUDING A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE BUILDING, INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIANS AND CURATORS, AND OTHER INFORMATION, LOG ONTO C-SPAN.ORG/WHITEHOUSE....
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| 01:00:49 |
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TO COME HERE THIS EVENING SO THAT WE COULD IMMEDIATELY HEAR A REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE REGARDING THE NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN...
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| 01:01:04 |
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WE LOOK AT THIS WHICH IS, IN MANY WAYS, A FORERUNNER OF TODAY'S MANAGED NEWS. >> FINDS IN THE
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| 01:01:13 |
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NEW DID NOT KNOW BUT THE 43 MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS PRESIDENT WITH THE C-SPAN VIDEO LIBRARY. ALL FREE AND ON LINE. WATCH WHAT YOU WANT, WHEN YOU WANT....
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| 01:01:40 |
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HOUSEFUL OF HISTORY AND THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE AND HAVE ALTERED THIS, OVER TIME. WHILE SOME RESIDENTS THERE EARLY ENJOY THEIR TIME...
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| 01:01:58 |
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BETTER START STUDYING THE PRESIDENCY BECAUSE ONE OF YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS WILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU EVER GET THERE, THE HAPPIEST...
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| 01:02:19 |
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MOVED IN, THE PRESIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE THE HOUSE A HOME FOR HIS FAMILY BUT THE HOME THEY MOVE IN IS 145 YEARS OLD AND BEGINNING TO SHOW ITS AGE....
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| 01:02:33 |
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TRUMAN'S SAW THE WHITE HOUSE ON A TOUR AFTER THEIR TAKING OVER AFTER FDR DIED, THEY WERE APPALLED. THE CARPET WAS THREADBARE AND SHE COULD NOT IMAGINE...
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| 01:02:50 |
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LOAD OF FURNITURE AND THEY WERE VERY BIG ACCUMULATORS. IT LOOKED LIKE AN OLD MOTEL WITH A BIG CRACKS. IT WAS BEGINNING TO CREEP TANDOORI PEOPLE. >>...
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| 01:03:05 |
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THE CEILING WAS SAGGING AND PLASTER WAS FALLING. IT WAS DEEMED A FIRE HAZARD. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT DRASTIC CHANGES WERE NEEDED EVERYWHERE IN THE WHITE...
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| 01:04:03 |
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WANTED THE BALCONY FOR CONVENIENCE. THE LIVING IN A CAGE WAS NOT TERRIBLY APPEALING. EVERYONE WHO LIVED THERE LOVED IT. THE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW AND...
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| 01:04:27 |
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PLACE TO SPEND TIME. OUR FAMILY USES IT OFTEN. IT SEEMS TO BE THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER IS COMING A CAN GET PRETTY OPPRESSIVE IN THE SUMMER. IT...
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| 01:04:55 |
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FAMILY SINCE ITS COMPLETION IN THE NIGHT -- 1948, TRUMAN IS CRITICIZED FOR CHANGING THE ARCHITECTURAL LOOK OF THE WHITE HOUSE. >> SOMETHING NEW AND
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| 01:05:08 |
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IN THIS TOWN. SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE THAT WILL DESECRATE A NATIONAL TREASURE. IT WAS VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF HARRY TRUMAN. HE SAW THE...
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| 01:05:30 |
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WHAT ALL OF THE FUSS IS ABOUT. ALL OF THE INNOVATIONS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY CAUSE TROUBLE. THEY INSISTED ON FOR A BATHTUB IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND...
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| 01:06:06 |
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THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY IS A REFLECTION OF HARRY TRUMAN'S WORK THERE. AFTER ADDING THE BALCONY, A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HOME WAS NECESSARY DUE...
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| 01:06:44 |
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WAS AN ENGINEERING MASTERPIECE. THE COURT FIRST DEAL LEGS LIKE AN OUNCE -- LIKE AN ELEVATOR SHAFT TO HOLD UP THE TOP FLOOR ALL THE WAY BELOW THE BASEMENT...
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| 01:07:45 |
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TRUMAN BUILD THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FUTURE FOR APPLYING THE INSIDE WITH STEEL AND SET OF WEB. -- FORTIFYING IT THE INSIDE WITH STEEL INSTEAD OF WOOD....
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| 01:08:21 |
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TRUMAN THOUGHT IT WAS AWKWARD TO GO DOWN. TEDDY ROOSEVELT HAD BUILT IT. HE WOULD STRIKE DOWN THOSE STAIRS AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS AWKWARD. HE HAD IT REDESIGNED....
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| 01:08:49 |
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DOUBT THAT HARRY TRUMAN'S WHITE HOUSE IS A STAGE HOUSE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE GRAND STAIRCASE WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT USED FOR STATE VISITS...
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| 01:09:35 |
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REALLY PRESERVED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR ALL TIME. IT WAS TRUMAN MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO STAY THERE AND THE PRESIDENT WILL STAY THERE. IT WAS...
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| 01:10:49 |
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CAGEY. SHE WAS EXTREMELY GRACIOUS AND WELL RECEIVED, BUT SHE WAS A SMART POLITICAL WIFE AND SHE WAS GOOD FOR PRESIDENT MADISON WHO IS KNOWN NOT TO BE...
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| 01:13:20 |
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HER ROOM IS THE BLUE ROOM. WHEN SHE STANDS HERE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 24TH FROM 1814, DINNER WAS SET OF THE PARTY COMING WAS NOT INVITED. TWO...
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| 01:13:57 |
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MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE IS THERE WITH HER TELESCOPE SEEING THE SMOKE FROM THE BATTLE AND SOLDIERS APPROACHING. SHE WAS TERRIFIED....
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| 01:15:11 |
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SAVE THE PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON, HER REPUTATION IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH COULD NOT BE HAVEN -- SAVED. >> THEY WERE CONSIDERED
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| 01:15:25 |
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TERRIBLE CARDS FOR RUNNING. -- COWARDS FOR RUNNING. >> THE WAR COMES TO
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| 01:15:34 |
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ACLOSE ON A TRIUMPHANT NOTE AND HELPS RESTORE THE MADISON'S REPUTATION. >> IT WILL BE REBUILT AS IT WAS. >> YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL
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| 01:15:53 |
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BURN MARKS LEFT FROM THE INFERNO. THE HOUSE WAS RISING AGAIN, JUT ASST AS WASHINGTON DESIGNED IT. JAMES AND MOLLY WOULD NOT BE AROUND TO SEE IT FINISHED....
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| 01:16:33 |
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SOME OF THE OLDEST REMAINING ITEMS. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HIS INFLUENCE IS SEEN ALL- AROUND HOME BUT CENTERED...
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| 01:17:12 |
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IS THE MAN ROSE AND ONE OF THE MOST AUTHENTIC IN THE HOUSE. I WOULD PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE MONROE. AFTER THE WAR OF 1812. IT BEGAN TO COME TO LIFE....
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| 01:17:49 |
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INTO FRENCH EVERYTHING. THEY LIVED IN FRANCE. THEY WANTED ALL THE FURNITURE FROM FRANCE AND HE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY BRINGING THESE THINGS, LIKE THESE...
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| 01:18:16 |
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BLUE ROOM. WE HAVE THE GILT CHAIRS AND SOFA. HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR BUYING FRENCH THINGS AND NOT AMERICAN. CONGRESS SAID THE FURNITURE IN THE WHITE HOUSE...
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| 01:19:09 |
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FAVORITE SPACE BECAUSE THE VIEW ONTO THE SOUTH LAWN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES IN THE CITY. IT'S INCREDIBLY VERSATILE. WE CAN ALSO TRANSFORM THIS INTO A...
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| 01:19:52 |
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THIS IS A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE. IT WAS MADE IN FRANCE IN 1817. >> IT IS A MUSEUM
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| 01:19:59 |
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THAT HELPS TELL THE STORY OF THIS HOUSE AND IT IS A PRIVATE HOME ADORNED IN A STYLE THAT REFLECTS ITS PAST. FOR MUCH OF ITS HISTORY, THE FURNITURE AND...
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| 01:20:39 |
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A CONCEPT OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE COULD BE DONE TO CONVEY AND EMPOWER THE MESSAGE OF ITS DISTINGUISHED PAST. THE WHITE HOUSE HAD BECOME VERY, VERY OLD....
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| 01:21:11 |
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ABOUT MOST IS TO MAKE IT MORE OF A MUSEUM WITH THE MORE PIECES OF BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE THAT BELONG TO ALL THE PRESIDENT'S. THERE IS A LOT OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE...
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| 01:21:26 |
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RECORD OF TELEVISION VIEWERS WATCH AS JACQUELINE KENNEDY SHOWS OFFER EFFORTS TO BRING BACK THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE BY GATHERING PIECES OF PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 01:21:45 |
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OF FURNITURE HERE HAS A MEANING. THERE'S A STORY. IT GOES BACK FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. THAT IS WHY I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THE CHORES AND...
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| 01:22:14 |
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LADY HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. AND MRS. KENNEDY'S CASE, SHE CAN WITH A VISION OF A WHITE HOUSE AS SOMETHING MORE THAN A HOUSE. THEY WERE HAVING 1 MILLION...
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| 01:22:55 |
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ENHANCING PUBLIC SPACES AT THE WHITE HOUSE, MRS. KENNEDY LEAVES HER MARK ELSEWHERE IN THE HOME. AS THE TOP OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE THAT HARRY TRUMAN BUILT,...
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| 01:23:23 |
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HAVE BEEN SIGNED IN THIS ROOM. THERE IS AN ATTRACTION ON THE MANTELPIECE THAT SAYS IT WAS FIRST USED FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE CABINET DURING THE ADMINISTRATION...
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| 01:23:46 |
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THE NEWLY REFURBISHED ROOM WITH AS -- WITH THE JOHNSON, HISTORY WOULD SOON UNFOLD ONCE AGAIN. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME,
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| 01:23:56 |
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AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BY BRINGING NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL. THIS TREATY WILL NOT HALT THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS,...
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| 01:24:23 |
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STILL STEEPED IN HISTORY, BUT AS WITH MANY ITS USE CHANGES OVER TIME. >> IT WAS AN OUT OF
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| 01:24:31 |
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THE WAY ROOM AND MANY NEVER KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH 41 CAME IN, HE CONVERTED BACK TO A STUDY. HE MADE IT INTO A STEADY AND THAT IS...
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| 01:24:58 |
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THE CONNECTION. BEHIND DUKE IS A PORTRAIT OF MCANALLY WATCHING A TREATY BEING SIGNED AND THEN VERY DESK. -- BEHIND THE DESK IS A PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT...
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| 01:25:49 |
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TO BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH TO US HERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND TO WHAT AMERICAN PEOPLE. ANYTHING WHICH DRAMATIZES THE GREAT STORY OF THE UNITED STATES...
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| 01:26:36 |
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IDEA OF THE HISTORIC HOUSE THAT A YOUNG PERSON COULD GO IN AND SEE THE RED ROOM AND GET AN IMPRESSION. THAT TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY IN WHICH IT WAS...
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| 01:27:30 |
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RADIO, AND ON LINE. C-SPAN -- BREAKING PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO YEAR. CREATED BY CABLE. WASHINGTON YOUR WAY. >> WE NOW RETURN TO THE
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| 01:27:42 |
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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY -- "THE WHITE HOUSE -- AND SAID AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS,." -- INSIDE AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS HOME." >> JOHNSON RATHER ENJOYED
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| 01:28:01 |
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BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HIS TIME WAS CHRONICLED. HE HAD 20 TO PEOPLE WHOSE JOB WAS TO FILM, TED, PHOTOGRAPH, AND PRESERVE...
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| 01:28:30 |
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YEARS AS PRESIDENT HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON HOW WE VIEW THE WHITE HOUSE AND HOW EVENTS KINSHIP THAT AREA AS WELL. ALOI CARE -- CAMERAS TO FILM NOT ONLY...
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| 01:29:28 |
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POWERFUL OFFICE IN THE WORLD, THE OVAL OFFICE. >> EVERY MAN
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| 01:29:36 |
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WHO HAS EVER OCCUPIED THIS OFFICER HAS BEEN IN THIS CHAIR HAS BEEN DEDICATED. >> THE BILL THE FIRST
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| 01:29:50 |
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OVAL OFFICE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. FDR RELOCATED IT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY IN PART TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A PRESIDENT IN A WHEELCHAIR. >> ANYTHING
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| 01:30:03 |
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ABOUT HOW MUCH OF OUR WORLD HAS THIS ORIGIN. IT MAKES THIS PLACE SPECIAL AND ALMOST PERSONABLE IN THE EMOTIONS THAT IT GENERATES. >>
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| 01:30:26 |
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PEOPLE FEEL A CERTAIN REVERENCE FOR THE SPACE BECAUSE IT SYMBOLIZES THE PRESIDENT SEEMED AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE EXTRAORDINARY RECORD OF -- THE PRESIDENCY...
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| 01:30:52 |
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WALL, THE CARPET ON THE FLOOR, IT DRAGS BEHIND THE DESK AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THESE CHANGE WITH EACH PRESIDENCY. THEY REFLECT THE FIRST LADY'S TASTE...
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| 01:31:41 |
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PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT HAS SEEN MORE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY TAKE PLACE THAN ANY OTHER. IT IS THE RESOLUTE DESK GIVEN TO PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD -- RUTHERFORD...
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| 01:32:08 |
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CRAWLING AROUND LIKE A CAGED TIGER WITH HIS NEWS TICKERS, ALMOST LIKE A DRUG. HIS NEED FOR NOT ONLY THE NEWS BUT HOW HE IS BEING PORTRAYED IN THE NATION'S...
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| 01:32:29 |
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HE TOLD ME THAT WHEN HE KNEW HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD THAT THE WHOLE WHITE HOUSE WOULD REVERBERATE WITH HIS VITALITY. HE WAS SUCH A BIG FIGURE. WHEN I THINK...
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| 01:33:26 |
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THE WHITE HOUSE SURROUNDED BY PROTESTERS, SOME OF THEM CHANTING FAMOUSLY, "HEY, HEY, LBJ. HOW MANY BOYS DID YOU KILL TODAY?" HEARING THE ECHOES OF THOSE...
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| 01:33:53 |
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SHALL NOT SEEK AND I REALIZED EXCEPT THE NOMINATION OF MY PARTY FOR ANOTHER TERM AS YOUR PRESIDENT. >> WITH LBJ'S
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| 01:34:01 |
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DESK BEING READIED FOR REMOVAL, THE PRESIDENTIAL DESK IS THERE SIGNIFYING THE TIMELESS TRADITION OF PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS. >> IT IS AN OFFICE
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| 01:34:19 |
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HE ASPIRES TO FOR MUCH OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER AND A HOMELESS HISTORY HE LAWS. HE AND MRS. NIXON GREATLY ADD TO THE MUSEUM COLLECTION. >> NIXON'S
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| 01:34:31 |
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE WHITE HOUSE PHYSICALLY IS ENORMOUS. THE NIXON WHITE HOUSE IS IN THE STATE ROOMS. YOU COULD USE IT AS A SET FOR THE NIXON MOVIE. >>...
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| 01:34:45 |
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IT IS A HOME WHOSE OCCUPANTS ARE STILL UNDER SIEGE FOR MASSIVE -- MUCH OF HIS PRESIDENCY. FROM THE VIETNAM PROTESTERS TO THE WATERGATE SCANDAL AT THE...
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| 01:35:07 |
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NIXON CHERISHED HIS SOLITUDE AND HIS INTELLECTUAL PRIVACY. HE LIKED TO HOLD UP IN HIS FAVOR ROOM IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THE LINCOLN SITTING ROOM. HE LED...
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| 01:36:29 |
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AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MRS. NIXON, MR. AND MRS. DAVID EISENHOWER. >> AND SO WE LEAVE
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| 01:36:43 |
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WITH HIGH HOPES, IN GOOD SPIRIT, AND WITH THE DEEP HUMILITY. ALWAYS REMEMBER OTHERS MAY HATE YOU. THOSE WHO HATE YOU DO NOT WIN UNLESS YOU HATE THEM....
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| 01:37:08 |
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FAREWELL WAS MANY THINGS. IT WAS A WRENCHING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. IT WAS A FAREWELL TO HIS STAFF. IT WAS ALSO A PERIL TO THE WHITE HOUSE FAMILY ENDED...
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| 01:37:29 |
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EVEN SMALLER COUNTRIES ARE MUCH. THIS IS NOT THE FINEST HOUSE, BUT THIS IS THE BEST HOUSE. >> IT
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| 01:37:38 |
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IS INTERESTING THAT RICHARD NIXON SPOKE ABOUT THE HOUSE. BY THAT, HE MEANT THE HOUSE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. THE KING IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE KING. AND ALSO...
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| 01:38:19 |
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BECAUSE THIS HOUSE HAS A GREAT HEART. THAT HEART COMES FROM THOSE WHO SERVE. >> THE HOME
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| 01:38:29 |
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UNDERGOES YET ANOTHER SERIES OF CHANGES REFLECTING BOTH THE NEW FAMILY AND THE EVENTS IN THE WORLD THAT WILL BEGIN TO SHAPE THE COMING ERA IN HISTORY...
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| 01:38:43 |
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RECOGNIZED AS THE SYMBOL OF DEMOCRACY. MOST OF ALL, HOWEVER, IT IS A HOME. >> THE FIRST
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| 01:38:53 |
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CHANGE THE FORDS MAKE IS ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. >>
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| 01:38:59 |
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THE FORDS WERE SO NORMAL. SHE DID NOT TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE IF IT MEANT GIVING UP BLUE JEANS. I AM TOO OLD TO CHANGE. TAKE ME AS I AM. >> THE FORD...
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| 01:39:17 |
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WENT ON WITH LIFE. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS AN EXAMPLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE THEY SEEM LESS IMPRESSED BY THAT. (music) (music) >> THAT...
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| 01:39:38 |
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GREAT STRENGTHS THAT THE FORD BROUGHT TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY WERE LIKE US. AT A TIME WHEN THE HOUSE WAS STAINED BY SCANDAL AND PUBLIC UNREST. >>
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| 01:39:53 |
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PRESIDENT FORD MAKES A CHANGE TO THE WHITE HOUSE THAT LAST UNTIL TODAY. HE REMOVES THE SECRET TAPING SYSTEM IN THE OVAL OFFICE THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN BRINGING...
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| 01:40:05 |
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THE TAPES RIPPED OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE HAD BEEN IN THERE SINCE THE 1930'S. HE FOUND OUT LATER THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REMOVED AND HIT THE CEILING BIG...
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| 01:40:25 |
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THE BIGGEST CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT DURING THE FORD ADMINISTRATION AND EVIDENCED EVER SINCE IS ONE LEFT IN 1975 AFTER TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT....
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| 01:40:41 |
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HIS LIFE AND PROBLEMS ABROAD THAT THE -- THEY RESTRICTED HIS PRESENCES. THEY WOULD BE HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WHERE PEOPLE COME TO...
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| 01:41:02 |
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WITH THE PRESIDENT HAVING MORE AND MORE EACH CENTER TO ACCOMMODATE SECURITY, THE WHITE HOUSE'S HISTORY -- IS BUSIER THAN EVER. TWO LEVELS ABOVE ALL OF...
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| 01:41:30 |
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HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PARTICULAR FAVORITE OF FIRST FAMILIES. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE AND PARTICULARLY THE ERA WHEN YOU HAVE 5000 PEOPLE PER DAY...
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| 01:42:12 |
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THEY SERVED AS CAROLINE KENNEDY'S KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM AND WHERE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER BARBEQUES ON THE PATIO. 25 YEARS LATER, PRESIDENT REAGAN RETURNED...
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| 01:42:37 |
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WAS THERE BECAUSE OF COOLIDGE -- DEEP SOLARIUM WAS THERE BECAUSE OF COOLIDGE. THE TWO ALLEGED LEGACY IS MORE THAN IS OFTEN ASSUMED. THE THIRD FLOOR,...
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| 01:43:25 |
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IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A, A REFLECTION OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE. >> THE SECRETARY
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| 01:43:32 |
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OF THE TREASURY TO OVERSEES THE SECRET SERVICE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT FROM NOW ON THE TWO BLOCKS OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE WILL...
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| 01:44:04 |
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NEVER FORGET. IT CHANGED WORKING HERE. IT CHANGED THE PRESIDENT. IT CHANGED OUR NATION. WE STILL FEEL IT'S A DAY. -- WE STILL FEEL IT TODAY. FOR THOSE...
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| 01:44:44 |
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REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST GOT ELECTED, I WOULD BE RUNNING AROUND THE SOUTH LAWN. THERE IS A TRACK THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON PUT IN. THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE LINING...
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| 01:45:09 |
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OF LONELINESS. YOU ARE SO AWARE OF EVERYONE WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE YOU AND EVERY CHALLENGE OUR COUNTRY HAS FACED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO THINK THERE'S...
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| 01:45:53 |
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THE IMPACT OF 9/11, THERE'D BE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT WE OVERREACTED. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT SYMBOLICALLY THAT AS SOON AS THE PRESIDENT AND SECURITY...
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| 01:46:29 |
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MANY MONTHS OF ANTICIPATION, WE CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE NEWLY DESIGNED PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. I KNOW THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN EASY. >> FROM THE SURROUNDING
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| 01:46:41 |
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STREETS TO THE HISTORIC DEBATE THAT HAS BEEN HERE SINCE ANDREW JACKSON, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL ALWAYS BE A WORK IN PROGRESS. >>
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| 01:46:53 |
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GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE. ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE HERE? >> FOR THE YOUNGER
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| 01:47:05 |
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GENERATION, THE WHITE HOUSE IS STILL ONE OF THOSE SYMBOLS OF AMERICA. PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO WRESTLE WITH THAT AS LONG AS THE WINEHOUSE STANDS. REGARDLESS...
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| 01:47:24 |
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SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PLACE IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE HERE, YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE A CENTURY AGO. THE FACT THAT THIS IS ALL IN ONE HOUSE...
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| 01:47:41 |
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THINK OF PERSONAL STORIES FROM THE LIVES OF PRESIDENTS WHO'VE LIVED HERE BEFORE US. EVERYONE KNOWS THE WHITE HOUSE AS THE MAJOR LANDMARK AND AS BOTH...
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| 01:48:09 |
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KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF YOUR LEGACY AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. >> THE WHITE
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| 01:48:16 |
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HOUSE HOPEFULLY ALWAYS WILL BE A PLACE TO WHICH AMERICANS FEEL EMOTIONALLY BONDED. THAT IS THE CASE REGARDLESS OF WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE THERE. THAT CONNECTION,...
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| 01:48:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THE APPEARANCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS WE KNOW IT WILL NEVER CHANGE. IT IS TOO VALUABLE AND IT EXISTS TOO MUCH, IT MEANS TOO MUCH TO...
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| 01:51:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE INCLUDING THE VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE BUILDING, INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIANS AND CURATORS, AS WELL
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.