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Historic designations[edit]

Is there a reason that neither the article prose nor the infobox makes any mention that the White House is a National Historic Landmark? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris857 (talk • contribs) 09:46, February 22, 2013 (UTC)

Medicine chest taken in 1814 and returned in 1939[edit]

The article states: "Of the numerous objects taken from the White House when it was ransacked by British troops, only two have been recovered." This seems to be contradicted by the information[1] on the medicine chest that was taken from the White House when it was burnt in 1814, but returned in April 1939 by a descendant of the person who took the chest. Information on the letter written by Roosevelt to the person who returned the chest can be found in a podcast produced by the Society for Nautical Research [2] (there is a transcript of the podcast on the linked page.)

I am reluctant to make changes to the article in respect of the above (if appropriate) as I have no knowledge of the rest of the subject matter - but the two links given above should assist if changes are needed. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 20:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and made these changes. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 08:02, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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Historic designations[edit]

Medicine chest taken in 1814 and returned in 1939[edit]

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