Presidential Violets, 1900

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln   The Violet House section of the White Read More …

Turn on LBJ, Send a Joint Today, 1970

“All Madness…. Until the day Mr. Zip delivers to the White House the seductive little paper cylinders of cannabis sativa to haunt LBJ with their temptation: Smoke Me. Then to render him harmless, kindly, loving and happy….” “Mr. Zip says: Read More …

When the White House was Green

“It is necessary to cultivate our garden” – Voltaire   White House conservatory earliest photo 1857 (photo taken right after construction, the green house had a wood frame which burnt in a fire in 1867)   When the White House Read More …