And the most famous one, you know, is Abraham Lincoln. President Bush joked with them, "How many of you guys believe in ghosts? How many? You know, they say that there's a ghost in this old house. Reagan: On November 1, 1982, the Reagans were greeted by a pumpkin located on a table by the door carved with the slogan "Stay the Course." The election was the next day, November 2.īush: The Bushes hosted a Halloween party for 600 schoolchildren on the South Lawn in 1989. Broadway star Carol Channing provided entertainment and Carmino Ravosa performed his one-man musical, Ghosts of the White House featuring Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and John Tyler. Costumes were optional, but several witches and a World War I flying ace were on hand. A 16-foot jack-o'-lantern built of gypsum and plywood was put up at the North entrance door. In 1978, the Carters hosted a Halloween party for 600 staffers and their spouses or dates.
The partygoers carved pumpkins, ate hamburgers, vanilla cake and chocolate ice cream, and watched the original version of Frankenstein in the White House theater.
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In 1972, Tricia Nixon Cox hosted a Halloween party for 200 foster grandparents and their foster grandchildren, complete with circus clown Emmett Kelly, Jr., trained dogs, and chimpanzees from the popular TV series Daktari.Ĭarter: In 1977, Amy Carter celebrated her birthday at the White House with a Halloween theme party with 14 of her friends. Characters from the Disney on Parade show appeared and entertained the kids. Melvin Sharp Health School and Hospital for Sick Children. In 1971, First Lady Patricia Nixon, dressed as a gypsy, hosted an early Halloween party for 150 children from the C. Jonathan Frid, the vampire Barnabas Collins from the popular daytime soap opera Dark Shadows, was a special guest and in costume and character. The East Room was bedecked with balloons and filled with sideshows of clowns, magicians, fortune-tellers, puppeteers, and apple bobbers. Tricia Nixon, dressed as a gypsy in a purple and green gown with a purple harlequin mask, welcomed the children and their parents. Once the visitors walked through, two witches stirring cauldrons awaited, handing out masks.
The North Entrance to the White House was converted into the mouth of huge 17-foot high pumpkin. In 1969, 250 local children from the Widening Horizons program came to a White House Halloween party. Nixon administration, as the first family hosted a series of public events for local children. Nixon: Halloween took on a large significance during the Richard M. Larger events have been held on the grounds of the White House for Halloween ever since, especially by first families with younger children, such as Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton, and Malia and Sasha Obama. The Kennedys also began the tradition of hosting a trick-or-treat Halloween event along with a private family party for friends and staff.
Kennedy administration, Halloween photographs emerged of the children crashing the Oval Office in their costumes. Kennedy: With the arrival of young children at the White House, Caroline and John Jr., during the John F.
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