The East Wing is the part of the White House Complex. It is a two-story structure on the east side of the White House, the home of the president of the United States. The East Wing houses offices for the first lady, White House Social Secretary, White House Calligrapher, and correspondence staff, and other members of the White House staff. The East Wing also includes the White House theater, the visitor's entrance, and the East Colonnade, a corridor connecting the body of the East Wing to the residence. Social visitors to the White House usually enter in the East Wing. For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... This article is about the use of the term first lady internationally. ... Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ...

Visitors touring the White House enter through the wood-paneled lobby, where portraits of presidents and first ladies hang. They go through the Garden Room and along the East Colonnade, which has a view of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, past the theater to the Visitors Foyer. They enter the residence at the ground floor. A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside, Sometimes referred to as a foyer or an entrance hall. ... Spring in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. ...

History

President Jefferson added colonnaded terraces to the east and west sides of the White House. The East Terrace was removed in 1866. It was rebuilt in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration. This article is becoming very long. ... Enormous colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg. ... Look up terrace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, Jr. ...

The East Wing as it stands today was built in 1942, during World War II in order to disguise the construction of a bomb shelter for the first family and White House staff. This was later converted in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• The White House Web site
• White House Museum: East Wing, with floorplan and historical images