White House for Kids: A History of a Home, Office, and National Symbol, with 21 Activities

White House for Kids: A History of a Home, Office, and National Symbol, with 21 Activities — page 9
I III III I III INTRODUCTION IXTEEN HUNDRED PENNSYLVANIA Avenue It's the most famous address in the United States Even if you don't know your best friend's house number chances are you know the address for the White House After all it's the most famous house in the country the place where its most well known citizen lives and works Inside its walls first families have experienced lifes’s ups and downs joys and SorrOWS Though it has a simple name the White House has more a become much than house or an office It's a widely recognized symbol of the United States and a symbol of freedom and democracy It's a place where Americans come to protest government policies and to rejoice following the end of a war It's been the setting