{"id":1593,"date":"2019-10-28T23:21:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2019-10-29T10:47:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:47:25","slug":"halloween-at-the-white-house-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/halloween-at-the-white-house-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween at the White House 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977907641_2569a4fad2_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977907641_2569a4fad2_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977907641_2569a4fad2_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977907641_2569a4fad2_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977907641_2569a4fad2_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The architecture of the White House has always made it an ideal mansion for Halloween and this year was no exception. Administrations have celebrated the&nbsp;holiday both publicly and privately. &nbsp;President and Mrs. Trump again welcomed&nbsp;military families and local schoolchildren with their parents&nbsp;tonight.  Mrs. Trump again insured the White House was trimmed perfectly for the occasion with a display of&nbsp;enchanting forest trees with branches wrapping around the South&nbsp;Portico with&nbsp;vines intertwined along the historic railings welcoming all. &nbsp;They&nbsp;welcomed and delighted&nbsp;children dressed as &nbsp;ghosts, witches and goblins and as well as those in other fun costumes as the Trump Administration celebrated its third Halloween at the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089197_99dcf19092_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089197_99dcf19092_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089197_99dcf19092_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089197_99dcf19092_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089197_99dcf19092_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The President and First Lady handed out commemorative candy as they have in years past to the delight of the many children that passed through the&nbsp;Executive Mansion\u2019s gates. &nbsp;According to the&nbsp;White House,&nbsp;several departments and agencies were in attendance along with a variety of fun items and activities for the children to participate in including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with&nbsp;\u201cout of this world objects for kids to look at as well as a display of an EVA Space Suit&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Department of Agriculture featured a tractor for the guests to explore while the Department of the Interior gave out Junior Ranger Explorer and Fishing books, badges, and stickers including Buddy Bison stickers.&nbsp; Department of Labor and Department of Education offered unique photo opportunities with step and repeat backdrops specific to their entities.&nbsp; The United States Postal Service had spooky collection boxes and a Postal truck for kiddos to see.&nbsp; Children were also able the Presidential Limo known as \u201cThe Beast,\u201d which was brought in by the United States Secret Service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977353623_acd35b22f3_k-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1596\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977353623_acd35b22f3_k-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977353623_acd35b22f3_k-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977353623_acd35b22f3_k-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48977353623_acd35b22f3_k.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As they&nbsp;continually have, President and Mrs. Trump&nbsp;highlighted the&nbsp;military with their talented&nbsp;musicians.  The United States Air Force Strolling Strings played traditional Halloween songs and modern tunes as well that all&nbsp;enjoyed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089707_c1782324d0_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089707_c1782324d0_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089707_c1782324d0_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089707_c1782324d0_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48978089707_c1782324d0_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The architecture of the White House has always made it an ideal mansion for Halloween and this year was no exception. Administrations have celebrated the&nbsp;holiday both publicly and privately. &nbsp;President and Mrs. Trump again welcomed&nbsp;military families and local schoolchildren with their parents&nbsp;tonight. Mrs. Trump again insured the White House was trimmed perfectly for the occasion&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/halloween-at-the-white-house-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,31,21,48,25,33,20,22,18,19],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-white-house-wednesdays","tag-entertainingatthewhitehouse","tag-firstlady","tag-maga","tag-presidentialtraditions","tag-whitehouse","tag-whitehousehistory","tag-whitehousetraditions","tag-whitehousewednesdays","tag-flotus","tag-realmelaniatrump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferpickens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}