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Celebrating the bicen- Franklin Pierce, Honoring the 1902
tennial of the White the fourteenth pres- White House renova-
House corner- ident of the United tion, the crystal-like,
stone, the first States,1853-57. acrylic core of the
building stone The design is 2002 ornament
of the White inspired by the recalls the Bohemian
House set in renovations and glass of the elegant
1792. It was redecoration of the East Room chandeliers, a
officially laid a White House in brass metal frame with a
few months later, on 1853 and 1854. holiday ribbon, acanthus leaves
October 13. One face from the East Room's Louis XVI style wall
depicts the text of the cornerstone, and on the 1998 panels, and a sturdy eagle inspired by the carved
opposite, reproduced in full color, is an 1848 James Buchanan, the mahogany pedestals of the console tables.
lithograph of the north side of the White House, fifteenth president of
based on a watercolor by Augustus Köllner. 2003
the United States,
1857-61. Depicting Ulysses S. Grant, the
1993 the eagle and shield eighteenth President of
John Tyler, the tenth insignia that first the United States,
president of the United appeared on the 1869-77. This hand-
States,1841-45. The glassware President painted porcelain figure
first president to Andrew Jackson is surrounded by a
marry while serving purchased for the wreath adorned with
as president. His White House in 1829. toys available at
second wife, Julia President Buchanan was the last president to use Washington’s fancy goods
Gardiner Tyler, was the Jackson pattern. stores during the Grant
thirty years his junior. administration (1869-77),
Her portrait reduced to 1999 with a swinging steam locomotive below.
resemble a miniature portrait President Abraham
of the sort given as gifts at the time. 2004
Lincoln, the sixteenth
President of the Rutherford B. Hayes,
1994 United States, 1861- the nineteenth President
James K. Polk, the eleventh 65. It features a depic- of the United States,
president of the United tion of Lincoln’s offi- 1877-81. Recreating a
States, 1845-49. The cial White House por- snowy scene of a sleigh
cameo features an trait by George P.A. in winter on the North
illustration of the Healy with a hinged Lawn of the White
President and Mrs. frame adapted from a House, President Hayes’
Polk on the South Civil War era frame in favorite season.
Lawn while they are the White House collection.
serenaded by the United 2005
States Marine Band. 2000 James A. Garfield,
This special edition the twentieth president
1995 ornament is made of of the United States,
Zachary Taylor, the stone from the 1881. His term of
twelfth president of same Aquia, VA office, which began in
the United States, quarry used to March, ended tragically
1849-50. Inspiration construct the in when he died more
for this patriotic White House. It than two months after
theme comes from celebrates the White being shot twice by an
the ceremonies House 200th anniver- assassin. Reflective of Garfield's personal style, it
President Taylor sary, honoring the past and is comprised of a round ceramic stone featuring
attended at the welcoming America's future in the new century. a period illustration of the South Front of the
Washington White House surrounded by a highly decorative
Monument on July 2001 wreath made of gold-finished brass.
4, 1850.
2006
1996 President Chester A.
Millard Fillmore, the Arthur, the twenty-first
thirteenth president of President of the
the United States, United States,1881-
1850-53. The earli- 85. Refleting the
est documented period motifs and
Presidential Seal rich décor of Arthur’s
was sketched by A three-dimensional replica of a carriage of White House, showing
Fillmore and sent the type used by President Andrew Johnson, the luxurious style that
to Edward Stabler, who often took carriage rides out into the signaled the nation’s
a nationally renowned surrounding countryside to relax with his family return to prosperity after the
seal engraver. after a stressful day. economic troubles of the late 1870s.
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