Red Room

This is the Red Room. President John Adams (1797-1801) used this room as a breakfast room, and a few years later, First Lady Dolley Madison held parties in this room on Wednesday evenings. She liked serving a new dessert called "ice-cream." President Jefferson (1801-09) brought back recipes for ice-cream from his visit to France. A portrait of Dolley Madison (1809-17) hangs on the wall. Red was one of First Lady Nancy Reagan’s (1981-89) favorite colors. If I could see colors, I think blue would be my favorite. My pal Barney, the Scottish Terrier, says red would be his favorite color, if he could see colors.


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