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From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

The Ficklin family served in the White House for nearly eight decades across 13 presidencies, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama, representing one-third of America's 250-year history.

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Nancy Reagan's rehearsal dinners and Bush Sr's overfed dog: chief usher's White House memories

One of the things that I have seen not commented on was back to when the West Wing was built. It used to be on the west side of the White House there were large glass conservatories and stables for a short period of time. Those were all torn down, which allowed the colonnades to the west side and then the building of the West Wing. Nobody's talking about that, but that was just as large a project.

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From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

Nancy Reagan's rehearsal dinners and Bush Sr's overfed dog: chief usher's White House memories

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