Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему The White House

President of the United States
It is located in Washington

DC, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Every President since John Adams has lived in the White House

1800
President George Washington held a contest and chose James

Hoban’s design
Hoban was an Irishman living in South Carolina. He was influenced by country estates in Ireland and in France
It was originally called the “Executive Mansion” but the term “White House” soon became popular

troops sailed up the Potomac River and attacked Washington.

The White House was looted and burnt.
First Lady Dolly Madison grabbed a painting of George Washington as she ran out of the House. This is the only surviving piece because…
The British loaded their ships with loot from the White House and then sailed into a storm and sank.
Reconstruction began immediately after the war and President James Monroe moved back into the House in 1817.

House or redecorate it in some way
President Theodore Roosevelt

moved most offices to the West Wing, for example
By 1948, the White House was near collapse. It was extensively renovated, which took four years.

(the main building), the West Wing, and the East

Wing
The Executive Residence has six floors, two of which are below ground
The President’s family lives on the second floor

and offices for 50 other employees. Others work in

office buildings nearby. The Cabinet Room, the Situation Room, and the Press Briefing Room are also in the West Wing

Lady and her staff. Beneath it is a bunker

built during World War II.

or parties open to the public
In the 1990’s the

streets in front of and behind the White House were closed to traffic
Public tours are now heavily restricted