Christmas in 1834 brought no snow to Washington, DC. However, that did not stop President Andrew Jackson from having a snowball fight inside the White House for his children and his friends children. The party was lively with dinner, games and singing…ending with throwing snowballs made of cotton on the ready for a friendly rumpus.
What was happening in 1834?…In August…Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire…In October…1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter…In November… Delmonico’s, one of New York’s finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents.
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Love the picture! Interesting about the “snowball” fight too. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be a presidents kid.
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Would truly be an amazing experience to be part of the White House scene.
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The wonderful things you teach me. 🙂
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Teaching is a passion. I for sure would have you in the front seats of my class 🙂
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I would enjoy that!
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Lovely snowball photo 🙂 And interesting facts too. 🙂
When I defrosted the freezer I used to put all the ice scrapings outside for my two girls to play with. They’d never seen snow so had great fun and made the teeniest snowman! 😀
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How adorable is that? I’m sure your girls will always remember their teeny tiny snowman : Thanks for your golden comment.
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Thank you – They do remember 😀
And tho they live in the UK now, with climate change and warmer weather, they still haven’t made a snowman yet! 🙂
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