I remember watching this as a child.
A tid bit of American History!
~Deanna~
PS
The first President to live in the White House was John Adams. President Adams wrote a letter to his wife Abigail in November 2, 1800. It contained this prayer:
I pray Heaven to Bestow
The Best of Blessings on
THIS HOUSE
and on All that shall hereafter
Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under
This Roof.
This Roof.
7 comments:
I saw the White House Tour of Jacky's a few years ago on TV...so beautiful to see her in it again, thank you for sharing and the beautiful prayer by Pres. John Adams...I hope soon some one like that rules the WH...it also applies to our own homes. Have a great weekend. FABBY
I remember watching this too. i was 12 years old. Thanks for the memories...(as Bob Hope would say!)
Love ya,
Linda
I'm sure we all share President Adams prayer. Thanks for that White House tour. I hope to do that in person someday.
I grew up in a town about 20 miles from where Jackie Kennedy grew up (although my town was not as high class as East Hampton!) -- and, oh no, she has the same N.Y. accent that I used to have before I moved away years ago! Notice how she pronounces "china" when she says it before a word beginning with a vowel: "chiner and..." not to mention dropping her R's.
Hi Deanna,
Thanks for sharing this and how wonderful to have a tour of the White House with Jackie.
Hope that you are enjoying the weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
I just watched that white house tour on the computer the other day. Great minds must think alike. Richard from My Old Historic House.
Hi you all. Always enjoy comments from you.
Fabby, Pres. John Adams prayer is a nice one. Applying to our own homes...yes.
Linda, I was 6 and sick in bed at the time of the original viewing. I have this memory locked in.
Martha, I'd like to tour the White House as well! Maybe I'll see you there.
Retro Gal, I did catch the chiner....thought this interesting. I didn't noticed the dropped r's. Will have to rewatch it again.
I did notice the buffalo heads on the fireplace mantle on a video of President Obama standing beside the fireplace just a few days ago. It popped out at me....oh that's the buffalo Jackie mentioned in this old footage.
Carolyn, May you have a great day.
Richard, Neat to be able to watch these old footages of a great day gone by.
God bless you all!
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