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President Washington signed an act of Congress declaring that the federal government would reside in a district
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Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October
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White House was nearby completed
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Thomas Jefferson held the first Inaugural open house
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The White House survived to a first fire during the war of 1812
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The White House survived to another fire
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