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Article: PRESIDENT BUSH, HIS WIFE HOST CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S 150TH BIRTHDAY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 27, 2008
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The White House released the following press release:
6:05 P.M. EDT
MRS. BUSH: Thank you all. Welcome, everyone, to the White House. Thanks to all our very distinguished guests for joining us tonight to celebrate Teddy Roosevelt's 150th birthday.
President Roosevelt once said, "I don't think that any family has ever enjoyed the White House more than we have." Certainly, the antics of the Roosevelt children are White House legend. The President's youngest five slid down the stairs on stolen trays, peppered Andrew Jackson's portrait with spitballs, and turned the room where we now sit into a makeshift skating rink. They kept a zoo of pets - and they took their calico pony, Algonquin, ...