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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Replying to @JNMezzo @arthur_affect
I can’t believe I never noticed this before. I was thinking “classical architecture” not “plantation architecture,” but of course they’re the same thing. Ai yi yi.
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Replying to @JNMezzo
No yeah this is my thing All the tour guides like to make a big thing of "Why is it called the White House? What is the origin of this folksy American terminology for the presidential palace?" and the actual explanation is the most obvious thing in the world
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JNMezzo
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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Replying to @arthur_affect @JNMezzo
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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