As I'm SURE YOU ALL KNOW... the US Mint has recently released the Presidential dollar coin program. Wherein, all of your favorite presidents from Adams, to McKinley will be featured on handy $1 coins. They are GREAT - I encourage you all go ask your bank for them!
In coordination with the Presidential dollar coin series, the Mint has released the First Spouse coin program. (Please notice the use of 'spouse' and not 'wife', as we will someday have a first husband.)
So, I went to the White House and wandered around. If you have ever taken the twenty-five cent tour of the WH, you have been in the colored rooms (green, blue, red). I never gave tours in the WH, but during the holiday season one year I was in charge of keeping singing school kids organized and out of trouble before they performed their holiday tunes to ball guests. During the afternoons and on Mondays they roll out the carpet and take down the ropes and you can just wander around, like it was an actual house, and not a museum.
I digress...
The event was lovely. They had a woman dressed up as Dolly Madison (picture below) and a nice little 5th grader to help us remember First Lady facts. Even the current First Lady did a good job. (She certainly is more eloquent than her husband.)
I met the artist who designed the reverse of the Dolly Madison coin. Dolly, as you may remember, is the one who saved the Picture of George Washington which hung in the East Room when the British attacked Washington and the White House. (She actually left the front doors to the WH open in hopes that the British wouldn't break them open trying to get in. I often do the same thing with my Jeep.)
There, hope you enjoyed your history lesson for today.
And just when things were going swimmingly, the POTUS showed up, but he left shortly thereafter...
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Yes, but you also leave your back seat unattached so they would have an easier time taking it!
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