The White House

The Blue
Room
GEOGRAPHY
 Room
GEOGRAPHY The White House in the World
 4 floors

EPISODE 2
View

The Washington
Monument
Jefferson Memorial

The South
Fountain The National Mall
HISTORY
HISTORY

Circa 1800
 A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE

1801FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

John Adams - 2nd President

1797 - 1801
 A RED DOMINATION

1809
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM

1801
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL
 A GREEN ROOM

1814
A RED DOMINATION
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE

1809
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1801
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION

1817
A GREEN ROOM
A RED DOMINATION
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE

1814FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1809
1801

Bellangé Furniture
 WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT

1828
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION
A GREEN ROOM
A RED DOMINATION

1817
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM

1814
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1809
1801
A VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL

1829
WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION
A GREEN ROOM

1828
A RED DOMINATION
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE

1817
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1814
1809
1801
 REDECORATION

1837
A VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION

1829
A GREEN ROOM
A RED DOMINATION
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE

1828FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1817
1814
1809 MARTIN VAN BUREN – 8TH
PRESIDENT
1837-1841
 FIRST PRESIDENT TO MARRY

1848
REDECORATION
A VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT

1837
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION
A GREEN ROOM
A RED DOMINATION

1829
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM

1828
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1817
1814
 1860
FIRST PRESIDENT TO MARRY
REDECORATION
A VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL

1848
WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION
A GREEN ROOM

1837
A RED DOMINATION
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE

1829
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1828
1817
 1882
FIRST PRESIDENT TO MARRY
REDECORATION

1860
A VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION

1848
A GREEN ROOM
A RED DOMINATION
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE

1837 FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1829
1828
 1886
FIRST PRESIDENT TO MARRY

1882
REDECORATION
A VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
WHEN THE GAS RAN OUT

1860
THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION
A GREEN ROOM
A RED DOMINATION

1848
A FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE
FIRE
A BOLD RED VELVET ROOM

1837
THE SOUTH ENTRANCE HALL

1829
 Roosvelt renovation
1902

Set of furniture
comparable to the
Bellangé

Covered with
heavy, steel blue
ribbed silk
Truman reconstruction
1950
Kennedy restoration
1961
Design
James Hoban, architect of the White House
Design

1817 - 1827
TODAY
TODAY
Young Omaha, War Eagle, Little Missouri,
and Pawnees by Charles Bird King, 1821
Etching of Andrew Johnson receiving the Chinese
delegation in 1878
The first Chinese ambassador to the US met by
President Rutherford, 1878
 Quiz

In which colors have been the Blue Room ?

Green, Red and Blue
What is the shape of the Blue Room ?
It’s an Oval Saloon
What can we see from the Blue Room ?
The South Fountain, the National Mall, the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument
At which floor is the Blue Room ? At the 1rst floor

Who was invited to this Blue Room ?

Chiefs of the Great Plains Indian tribes, the first Chinese minister and Mary Jean Eisenhower
What is the actual style of the room ? French Empire Style
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