Oof Hey everyone knows the fun fact that the reason it's called "the White House" (and is a white house) is that it's named for the White House Plantation in Virginia where George Washington met Martha righthttps://twitter.com/ShotByCT/status/1267322922542051329 …
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But people buried it because the connection between our nation's capital and plantation slavery is embarrassing, even though DC is literally in the South and blatantly designed to flatter the sensibilities of ultra-wealthy slaveowner George Washington
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Huh! I'd always heard it was painted white after the War of 1812 to cover up scorch marks from the British burning it...but 1811 would predate that.
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