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Article: White House party marks first presidential arrival
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2000
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White House party marks first presidential arrival
Clinton recalls prayer of John Adams, who moved in 200 years ago
By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON
Associated Press
Thursday, November 2, 2000
Washington -- With a salute from fifes, drums and bugles
Wednesday, President Clinton led the celebration of President John
Adams' arrival at the White House exactly two centuries earlier and
invoked Adams' famous prayer for "the best of blessings on this
house."
"Our nation was new, carving out the symbols that would define
it," said Clinton, the 40th chief executive to call the White House
home. Two hundred years later, he said, "these walls carry the story
of America."
Clinton told a crowd on the South Lawn ...