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Under This Roof

Northern Shoveler, San Antonio NM, February 10, 2011

"May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."

President's House, Washington City, Nov 2, 1800

I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

John Adams, in a letter to Abigail, on first moving into the unfinished White House

clipped December 18, 2004

Collection: American History