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Letter: Put honor in the White House

By Gail Fenander, Vancouver
Published: October 28, 2024, 6:00am

Long ago, when John Adams was president, he and Abigail were the first family to occupy the White House. While she was still in their home in Massachusetts, he wrote her a long letter about what he thought the responsibility of this house was going to be for all the present and future occupants.

In a book called “The White House: An Historic Guide,” published through the White House, there are sections on each room. In the State Dining Room is a large fireplace, with a beautiful marble mantle. Not sure how this quote made it from a letter to Abigail, but Franklin Roosevelt felt that it needed to be engraved and part of the White House for all time. The quote goes, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.”

So, as a part of Scripture says “think on these things,” choose the correct person for that honorable position.

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