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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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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Yeah that's a popular myth, the White House was always white
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