John Adams becomes the first president to live in the still-unfinished President’s House.
President John Adams moved into the unfinished President’s House in Washington, D.C. The next day he wrote a blessing in a letter, hoping that “none but honest and wise men” would ever rule under its roof, words later carved into the State Dining Room mantel.
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John Adams becomes the first president to live in the still-unfinished President’s House. President John Adams moved into the unfinished President’s House in Washington, D.C. The next day he wrote a blessing in a letter, hoping that “none but honest and wise men” would ever rule under its roof, words
John Adams becomes the first president to live in the still-unfinished President’s House. President John Adams moved into the unfinished President’s House in Washington, D.C. The next day he wrote a blessing in a letter, hoping that “none but honest and wise men” would ever rule under its roof, words
