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On October 13, 1792, the White House cornerstone is laid.

Celebrating a rebuilt White House after more than 3 years of [-----1-----], President Truman receives the gift of a clock from France's ambassador Bonnet. It all began with the placing of the first [-----2-----] on October 13, 1792. Then, more than 150 years later, [-----3-----] caused the stately structure to be [-----4-----]. There was even talk of [-----5-----] it. Many in the counrty were relieved of the decision to restore it, agreeing with Theodore Roosevelt that It is a good thing to preserve such buildings as historic monuments, to keep alive our sense of continuity with the Nation's past
renovations cornerstone sinking walls, rotting beams and crumbling plaster declared uninhabitable scrapping