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To: mhking

In America, anyone can live in their own White House.

49 posted on 11/19/2004 11:18:37 AM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack

The original white house was where George Washington wooed a widow Custis. It was destroyed during the Civil War, after being used by McClellan's army as a hosptital. At that time it was owned by Robert E. Lee's wife, who was a granddaughter of Martha Custis Washington.


50 posted on 11/19/2004 11:42:47 AM PST by donmeaker (Why did the Romans cross the road? To keep the slaves from revolting again.)
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