What Is the White House?

This is the White House. The President of the United States lives here. Let’s learn more!

John Adams was the first president to live in the White House. He moved there in 1800.  It wasn’t called the White House back then. Some people called it the President’s House. Some people called it the Executive Mansion. In 1901, it became the White House. 

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