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Note that the White House maintained a broadly open door policy until the 1880s. August 24, 1814 – During the War of 1812, the British Army raided and set fire to the White House, along with the Capitol and many other Washington, D.C. structures. The reconstruction took until 1817.
The first White House bunker was built during World War II to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the event of an aerial attack on the national capital of Washington, D.C. The present-day PEOC space has modern communications equipment including televisions and phones to coordinate with outside government entities.
Situation Room: National Security Advisor Walt Rostow showing President Lyndon B. Johnson a model of the Khe Sanh area on February 15, 1968. The concept of a “War Room” in the White House originated with President McKinley in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. During McKinley’s tenure it contained telegraph systems and maps. [2]
The White House Situation Room, the high-security complex beneath the West Wing where presidents watch history unfold and receive top-secret intelligence, has undergone a much-needed makeover for ...
A new law that makes it a state crime in Texas to enter the state illegally is “incredibly extreme,” the White House said Tuesday, a day after Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law.
White House Police officer Ira Lee Law, circa 1938. The White House Police Force was created on October 1, 1922, at the request of President Warren G. Harding to provide police and security services to the White House and Executive Office Building. [1] Initially the President or his appointed representative supervised the force. [2]
The barrier recently went up as the National Park Service and the Secret Service began a $64 million project to install a 13-foot, 1-inch (3.96 meter) steel picket fence around the White House ...
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