Treetop Retreat
When President Jimmy Carter wasn’t busy constructing a vision for the country, he could be found dabbling in carpentry. His most lauded creation? A treehouse for his youngest child, Amy, which was built in 1977 to give her one of the pleasures of a "regular" childhood. Carter designed the five-foot-tall lumber play pad in the shade of a cedar tree on the South Lawn, where Amy would be under the watchful eye of Dad in the Oval Office.
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总统补丁
Concerned that her daughters, Malia and Sasha, weren’t eating nutritious meals on a daily basis, former First Lady Michelle Obama had the largest edible garden in presidential history planted on the South Lawn of the White House in 2009. When initially planted, the L-shaped 1,100-square-foot plot featured 55 varieties of vegetables and fruits, including arugula, hot peppers, tomatillos, and more. Food raised in the garden was used in meals enjoyed by the Obama family and friends as well as dignitaries who visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
游泳
除了打包西翼简报室的新闻池外，白宫自20世纪30年代以来举办了另外两个游泳池。富兰克林·德拉诺罗斯福总统设有1933年在西露台建造的室内游泳池，因为游泳帮助抚慰他的脊髓灰质炎的影响。在尼克松政府期间，该游泳池被覆盖，现在坐在新闻发布室下方。然后，在1975年，一个室外游泳池是由奥尔德游泳运动员总统杰尔德·福特总统驻杰拉德·福特的理由建造的。
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Uplifted Library
To satisfy her love of reading and champion literacy around the country, bookworm Laura Bush famously oversaw a major transformation of the presidential library during her tenure as First Lady. The overhaul included an update of the library’s collection in 2005 as well as a new paint job and drape replacement in 2006 to make the ceiling look higher.
Right on Track
比尔克林顿总统很喜欢击中白宫外面的人行道，以逃避主席指挥官的压力。然而，他的跑步习惯是秘密服务的噩梦，因为对总统的威胁可能在他的路线沿着任何地方潜伏着。1993年，四分之一英里的循环建造在南草坪的车道中，为总统提供他的健身修复并安抚他的安全细节。
在卷上
While President Richard Nixon was the kingpin of the White House, he reportedly blew off steam in a one-lane bowling alley he had built under the North Portico in 1969. But he wasn’t the first commander in chief with a passion for the game of tenpins. A two-lane bowling alley had been built for President Harry Truman in 1947 in the West Wing, but the lanes were later moved to the basement of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
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Goodbye, Greens
1990年,总统地理rge H.W. Bush echoed the cries of generations of children everywhere when he famously declared, “I do not like broccoli.” So great was his revulsion for the crunchy crucifer that he formally banned it from his plate whenever he was in the White House, Air Force One, or anywhere else his presence was required.
Sugar-Coated Response
罗纳德里根总统于1966年在加利福尼亚州的Gubernatorial竞赛中首先开始爆炸果冻豆，以夯实他最近退出的烟斗习惯的渴望。他的终身爱情发生了甜蜜的零食，在他的总统中仍在继续。当他在办公室时，里根拥有从Goelitz公司的720袋果冻腹部豆豆的运行订单，每月送到白宫。Goelitz最终发布了一款官方糖果罐，轴承总统封印。
更高的呼叫
虽然25名总统出现在他面前，但可能有人说，就像总统罗斯福总统一样高。他的孩子们，有人说总统自己，每个拥有的一对高跷，他们将在高天花板的白宫室内爬上和凝思乐于高跷。
狂野的西翼
What did Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Thomas Jefferson all have in common? A sense of adventure. America’s third president put his penchant for exploration on display upon his move to the mansion in 1801, when he converted the Entrance Hall of the White House into a wilderness museum that would grow to feature artifacts like arrows and animal skins brought back by such trailblazers as Lewis, Clark, and Zebulon Pike.
Straitlaced Restrictions
没有废话总统詹姆斯波尔克和他的妻子萨拉并没有沉迷于闲暇的乐趣，所以卡游戏，艰苦的酒和跳舞都被禁止在波尔克白宫。但作为一个严格的萨巴巴尔律师，莎拉波尔克在周日休息一天，她肯定了她的丈夫也是一样的。
为成功量身定制
Andrew Johnson总统从未去过旧习惯，他们经常避免在他的总统期间向他提供的精致服装。相反，他偶尔将自己的衣服朝着他早期的职业作为裁缝缝制。他的才能与针和线程赢得了他曾经成功裁缝业务的国家之后赢得了“田纳西州裁缝”。
The Good Fight
Though his nickname “Honest Abe” paints a picture of a docile do-gooder, President Abraham Lincoln possessed a fighting spirit in more ways than one. As a young man, Lincoln was a skilled wrestler who was defeated only once in 300 matches. His scrappiness carried over to the White House, where he occasionally engaged in playful wrestling matches with his sons Willie and Tad.
没什么'但是网
President Herbert Hoover passed over traditional fitness options such as walking or jogging for the invented pastime of Hooverball. Devised by Hoover’s White House physician, Admiral Joel Boone, to add variety to the president’s workouts, the game involved heaving a weighted medicine ball over a net.
Power Walking
哈利·杜鲁门总统哈利沃克，每天在白宫附近的每天一次，每分钟120步，乘坐一顿半英里的Jaaunt。虽然步伐往往太活跃，即使是他的秘密服务男人追求，杜鲁门本人也有能量来备用，偶尔暂停签名或与将他走向中间步行的公民交谈。
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