If the Walls Could Talk Family Life at the White House
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In case you've ever wondered, the walls at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have eyes and ears -- and, what's more, they don't miss a thing. Now, listen up because the walls have a thing or two to tell you! <br> During President <b>John Tyler's</b> presidency, the White House was such a mess that it was called the "Public Shabby House." <br> President <b>William Howard Taft</b> was so large that he had to have a jumbo-size bathtub installed -- one big enough for four people. <br> President <b>Andrew Jackson's</b> "open door" policy at the White House resulted in 20,000 people showing up for his inauguration party. (The new president escaped to the quiet of a nearby hotel!) <br> President <b>Abraham Lincoln</b> didn't mind at all that his younger sons, Tad and Willie, kept pet goats in their White House bedrooms. <br> Children all across the country sent in their own money to build an indoor swimming pool for wheelchair-bound President <b>Franklin D. Roosevelt</b> so that he could exercise. <br> President <b>Harry S. Truman</b> knew it was time to renovate the White House after a leg on his daughter's piano broke right through the floor. <br> Hear these funny, surprising stories and more about the most famous home in America and the extraordinary families who have lived in it.
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