The White House: Build it, Guard it, Haunt it!

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
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Source/Further reading:
Building the White House:
www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...
www.historyextra.com/period/2...
ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/peo...
www.bjjee.com/articles/us-pre....
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-....
Protecting the White House:
www.businessinsider.com/ameri...
d1y822qhq55g6.cloudfront.net/...
www.whitehousehistory.org/pre...
www.wearethemighty.com/histor...
edition.cnn.com/2017/06/14/us...
Haunting the White House:
www.whitehousehistory.org/pre...
www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchil...
www.washingtonpost.com/news/r...
apnews.com/c74a98852f074bc5b5...
www.whitehousehistory.org/sea...

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@geographicstravel 4 года назад

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@kevinfavron 4 года назад

I want a facemask that says smash that dislike button shut up and take my money

@wardahwordah3737 4 года назад

☺️☺️☺️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Simon,......how many times would you wash this precious navy shirt,..........?😊😊😁😁🥰

@TAILSORANGEs 4 года назад

I wonder that "guy" ever said "HI" to the president.

@poorlydunbarvideos1472 3 года назад

Would you consider a video on the Canadian Parliament Buildings or Sussex, or the fact we have different residences? (Trudeau lived in a condo/cottage) Thanks!

@joetcacciola 4 года назад

Simon making his disclaimer to the NSA was one of the funniest things on this channel so far

@jpjh8844 Год назад

You know they are listening, lol

@carrioncrow8191 4 года назад

The most terrifying part of that video is the thought of a naked Winston Chuchill

@DoloresJNurss 4 года назад

I like that, in his account, Lincoln chuckled at his words before vanishing politely.

@azeller09 4 года назад

he wasnt naked, he had his cigar

@BTFOOMNY 4 года назад

So, Bill Clinton wasn't the first naked guy with a cigar in the White House?

@sawahtb 4 года назад

Seems he liked being naked. It's not the only story of his walking around in his birthday suit.

@BTFOOMNY 4 года назад

and we can be proud he was half American

@swecheekypanda 2 года назад

I love how Churchill just casually talked to Lincolns ghost like it was nothing. What a BADASS!!

@DoloresJNurss 4 года назад

Another person who spoke directly to Lincoln's ghost in the White House actually got a reply back. Lyndon Johnson was a wreck dealing with Viet Nam when he saw Lincoln. Too frazzled to register the oddity of seeing a ghost, he cried out, "Mr. Lincoln, do you have any advice for me on how to cope with an unpopular war?" Lincoln smiled and said, "Don't go to the theater."

@TheGohanSkywalker Год назад

That anecdote about Churchill and Lincoln's ghost seems like it's something out of a movie and I kind of love it.

@UnchainedAmerica Год назад

Churchill was hammered, so it was likely he was hallucinating..

@anewspinonthings 4 года назад

I spat out my coffee in a fit of laughter picturing the White House painted in Camouflage.

@ntlespino 4 года назад

I'm surprised no one has done the Photoshop yet

@lolthestupid 4 года назад

Good thing too or we'll have to start calling it the "No House"

@golfgrabu 4 года назад

Of course it would've become almost invisible to everyone.....SIGH

@LAKSHMI-hj5jv 4 года назад

Same

@UnchainedAmerica 4 года назад

IKR? Whats the point, you can make it invisible and yet everyone knows where it is..1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

@Soujirou13 4 года назад

"Apparently the Secret Service had to catch 'em all." Thank you Simon. :D

@julius-stark 4 года назад

Why is it every time Teddy is brought up he's always the most badass thing in the video?

@DimBeam1 4 года назад

Think you'll find the Red Coats were the most bad ass in the video mate.

@MarloSoBalJr 4 года назад

@@DimBeam1 Had Teddy been alive during that time he would have had bears and weasels counterattack those Brits

@cucuawe465 3 года назад

He and Cassius clay are the badass politician i know

@KristenK78 3 года назад

Teddy Roosevelt was the original Chuck Norris.

@tommyjr.150 3 года назад

Mothers Milk😂👌

@MrKago1 4 года назад

Can you imagine the shock a thug would get if they tried to attack Teddy Roosevelt?

@MarloSoBalJr 4 года назад

The names Teddy ol sport!🧐 And these are my two friends "Punchy"👊 and "Grabby"💪

@johnw2026 3 года назад

Can you imagine the shock a thug would get if they happened to break in right as Winston Churchill was getting out of the bath, wearing nothing but a lot cigar? 😂😂😂

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 3 года назад

I did not know T.R. studied martial arts.

@nomoremr.niceguy4778 3 года назад

I remember reading a book in school about White House ghost stories. Lincoln’s been seen many times, but most often in times of crisis. They could do tv show on that alone. There was a room he had wired with Telegraph lines to keep updates on the civil war progress. Whatever room that is he’s been seen there several times.

@mrmunchkin2181 4 года назад

That is just the line I would expect from Winston Churchill. Absolutely British.

@ashcoates25 4 года назад

MrMunchkin21 of course he was puffing on a cigar at the time

@JoRiver11 4 года назад

And "wearing nothing but a cigar". Perfect.

@mrmunchkin2181 4 года назад

@@JoRiver11 To be fair, who walks out of the bath expecting to see a ghost :p

@smithworks23 4 года назад

Love that!!

@UnchainedAmerica 4 года назад

he was notoriously drunk too so, I doubt he did see the ghost of Abe Lincoln.

@anonymoose9315 4 года назад

"Wearing nothing but a cigar" .... classic.

@resileaf9501 4 года назад

"But let's get back to attacking the White House" - The Secret service would like to know your location

@ntlespino 4 года назад

Prague. It's not a secret. 😜

@insane_troll 4 года назад

Aha! He's given away all his plans in a RU-vid video. You've made your last mistake, Whistler!

@dewaynehickman4996 4 года назад

They already know!!!!

@UnchainedAmerica 4 года назад

I know you are joking but Simon was just using a tongue-in-cheeks with words.

@resileaf9501 4 года назад

@@UnchainedAmerica That's exactly what someone who plans to attack the White House would say!

@therocknrollmillennial535 4 года назад

9:12 You're speaking of Lorenzo Winslow and of the years 1948-52, but showing a picture of former President Woodrow Wilson, who died in July of '24.

@frankl9583 4 года назад

I thought that's who I saw.

@MrInitialMan 4 года назад

That is indeed Woodrow Wilson, the President during WWI. Honestly, Mr. Whistler, either you need more people to edit your videos so screwups like this don't happen, or dial back on the channels. I think you're sacrificing quality for quantity here.

@Voo504Doo 4 года назад

MrInitialMan he’s hungry for money .. U can tell by the cheap topics on the one channel I don’t even know the name of .. I only watch bio and geographics

@jordanvannortwick9426 4 года назад

@@MrInitialMan he's just the host. He doesn't edit the videos.

@blankseventydrei 4 года назад

based on his other channels, "I do not care.." :-) but you're right, I was like, what?

@ashcoates25 4 года назад

Suppose you should do Downing Street now.

@kamron_thurmond 4 года назад

7:58 Theodore Roosevelt is a badass. Who also set up the national parks systems.

@badluck5647 4 года назад

Next biographic?

@jrt818 4 года назад

And when Congress put a stop to it he started creating national 'monuments'.

@kamron_thurmond 4 года назад

I dig one on Sam Houston or Davy Crockett.

@richlee3777 3 года назад

The Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa is amazing. I had been living in the Ottawa area for about half a year when I impulsively went for a tour. It was absolutely stunning. The old library with it's intricate (and highly flammable) woodwork. The walls which are made from fossil marked stone from Saskatchewan. The Peace Tower was also an amazing view. The most stunning thing to me was when I realized that Parliament was on a hill overlooking the river, and on the other side of the river was Quebec. I had never really paid attention, but looking across the water made the location of the compromise between British and French influences very clear. I went there on a whim with no expectations. I left thoroughly impressed.

@rogueshadow698 3 года назад

“Good Evening, Mr.President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage” LMAO

@jmadams7506 4 года назад

I can't say that I am in favor of the quicker tempo of your newer videos. Of course, they are still fantastic and I appreciate what you do.

@kurtborkman9472 4 года назад

After hours of watching Business Blaze, I'm starting pick up secret Simon references.

@bizinsky 4 года назад

Legend

@badluck5647 4 года назад

Allegedly

@smithworks23 4 года назад

I'm just quoting other sources

@staytuned2L337 4 года назад

I am now intrigued by this business blaze 🤔

@iamnotaweebiswear8940 4 года назад

@@staytuned2L337 its another one of this guys channels. He owns a bunch

@dantemoose420 4 года назад

You guys should do o a video on Germania, Hitler's failed mega-city construction project

@pamelamays4186 4 года назад

If you haven't done so yet, The Kremlin. Also, the Mormon Temple in Utah.

@dodgermaven 4 года назад

Which Temple? There are dozens in Utah.

@wasacrazy8 4 года назад

@@dodgermaven I believe she is referring to the original, built in downtown Salt Lake City. I live in Utah and we call it the Temple even though you are right, there are many temples in Utah.

@beckserker1662 4 года назад

Just wondering, why didn’t you include the Giro copter guy?

@biggiefitz6275 3 года назад

"The result must have looked something like GI Joe meets Team America" lol

@cheekyfragrance 4 года назад

"Let's get back to attacking the White House". Don't want that clip coming back to haunt you!

@Faythe98 4 года назад

Oh my god, I can’t believe they wanted to paint it camo 😂

@DerekIngoe 4 года назад

Simon Whistler: The Man After Every Story

@DerekIngoe 4 года назад

@Madolina Degocelli yyeesss...???

@Paul_Ch52 3 года назад

Excellent, again. You drill a topic deeply. And you present it all so well. Thank you, again.

@goatbacon2977 4 года назад

Thank you for the great content yet again Simon !!

@samsamson391 4 года назад

The Camo House... Ok, I'd be alright with that.

@ghoffmann821 4 года назад

...and it's.....many.....residents...?

@samsamson391 4 года назад

@@ghoffmann821 ...only if we could paint them camo as well!! 😂

@badluck5647 4 года назад

America, F*** Yeah!

@000netko 3 года назад

Actually, the stone used to build the White house is said to originate from a quarry near Pučišća, Brač in modern day Croatia. While it is possible that it was not used in the original construction, it was definitely used in the reconstruction of 1902.

@sjors6048 4 года назад

Blazing the business haunts you Simon @5:17

@BertieScribbles 4 года назад

Brilliant video as always. Can you please do one covering No.10 Downing Street. I want to know more about Mister Chicken!

@jacksavage4098 4 года назад

Hi Simon, some people from those alphabet agencies would like to talk to you. Could you meet them in that park in Prague about 9pm.

@ashwhitecloud 4 года назад

I enjoyed this one vastly, thank you sir.

@MK-jo1gi 4 года назад

The Kremlin would be an interesting subject as well. Beyond the famous rooftops not much is common knowledge of it.

@rakaadizaputra4316 4 года назад

Can u make vid about one of 7 natural wonders of the world, specifically komodo island, in Indonesia. Thx your vids are nice

@lukeboyuk83 4 года назад

Yeah agreed. Komodo island would be cool

@biancahollander5318 4 года назад

I did enjoy it. I enjoy all the videos you do.

@avemt1 4 года назад

If D.C. becomes a state, would that make the mayor also the governor?

@kronosomni2805 4 года назад

I'm not sure if this is a joke, but more than likely that would be a new office that would be filled during the next regular local election cycle, if the mayor won, I doubt they would allow them to retain a post as mayor.

@R0mans13 4 года назад

Could you do an episode on Sumerians and Sumer? I saw several other videos on RU-vid but yours are the best and the easiest to listen too. Great stuff as always good sir

@winfan1978 3 года назад

What I like most about your channels are the ghosts stories.

@Daniel-Optician 4 года назад

Wasn't that a photo of Woodrow Wilson not the architect???

@Mr.Fabulous-1990 4 года назад

Can you do an episode about Windsor Castle? (Or an entire series seeing as it's a 1000 year history)

@lukeboyuk83 4 года назад

thirded

@Plafintarr 4 года назад

Fourthed

@ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Building the white house 10:10 - Mid roll ads 11:30 - Chapter 2 - Defending the white house 18:45 - Chapter 3 - Ghosts of administration past

@michaelmitchell4989 4 года назад

Thanks Simon, this Yank appreciated your entertaining and informative video. But fair is fair ... now we need one on that 10 Downing Street of yours.

@scottharrison6096 4 года назад

Hopefully you’ll do the capital building next.

@rizkaarifiandi5670 3 года назад

that Pikachu man is awesome hahahaha

@punyabratakar2734 3 года назад

I'm so glad to see Simon here!! Visual enpoliticks will never be the same without him😭😭

@_Mr420man 4 года назад

You guys should do the US capital building, it was built in parts over time and the dome is so massive that the entire Statue of Liberty can fit inside with 40 feet still above. Not to mention that the paintings inside the rotunda tell an incredible bit of American history

@lukeboyuk83 4 года назад

Hello NSA haaaaaa. I think you got a new subscriber

@_Abjuranax_ 4 года назад

My kid brother was Manager of White House Communications under the Clinton's, and arranged for me and our family to have a private tour. It's nice, but we missed out on all of the stuff that comes with the public tour. There is one doorway that was not painted over from the 1812 fire, and remains today as a testimony of the British occupation. And when I got out of the Army, I started work with a former Vietnam Helicopter Pilot. I asked about his roommate in Flight School, and he said he really didn't have one. This is because shortly after he began training, his former roommate was the one that stole a helicopter and decided to go on a tour of D.C., to include setting down on the White House lawn. Needless to say, my boss never saw or heard from him again, and he had the room to himself. More on my roommates later.

@imperialguard28 3 года назад

Lincoln's ghost also woke up the Queen of the Netherlands at 3am. Lol.

@johnw2026 3 года назад

So it was Taft who created the Oval Office. Taft was also the heaviest of the presidents... He was so big he literally got stuck in the White House bath tub and had to have help getting out. An Oval Office for an oval shaped president! 😁

@PiggyKasparov 4 года назад

No mention of the Truman balcony? It looks great and is a significant visible change.

@javiskii 4 года назад

A RU-vid ad on the middle of the sponsorship adrole is just 😘👌🏼

@martinh2783 4 года назад

How about a video telling the story of the Swedish castle Tre Kronor and the history before and after.

@christophergregory1205 3 года назад

Simon is a phenomenal show host.

@impy695 4 года назад

Weird question, but who makes that shirt? I love it!

@TeddyParker 4 года назад

Sponsor: "It's Squarespace today, Simon." Simon: "Ok, I understand... NO EXCUSES!!!"

@obsidian.... 4 года назад

Was that music from Legends of the Fall? Because it just fucked with my emotions like a 18 year old me watching a stupidly emotional film lol

@talideon 4 года назад

What's this 'Line-ster House' you refer to?

@mattiemathis9549 Год назад

1:14. It’s not ghosts. That’s why I listen to Simon. 😂😂

@bigjman26 4 года назад

You did a picture of Woodrow Wilson when you were talking about Truman 9:12

@seekertosecrets 4 года назад

That was a wild report for a building!

@Qboi1982 4 года назад

...arrest them and leave me alone...” I died on that

@stacyrussell460 4 года назад

Arrest them... leave me alone. Possibly the funniest line from Simon yet in ages!!

@machinesofgod 4 года назад

I suggest Fort Ross. It's not well known, but has a fascinating history of being a Russian colony in California. It could make sense to do a whole video about the Russian colonies in North America (Alaska and Fort Ross)

@bchin4005 4 года назад

How about an episode on the Taj Mahal?

@dodgermaven 4 года назад

Lincoln didn't die at the White House, he died across the street from the Ford's Theater where he was shot. But it's hilarious that Churchill claims to see Lincoln's ghost and just says "Good Evening Mr. President." That's hilarious.

@TheRetroShepherd 3 года назад

8:40 This man's name is like a rap lyric Lorenzo Winslow rollin in the Benzo

@treborironwolfe978 4 года назад

Makes me wonder exactly what kind of cigar Churchill was smoking.

@Plafintarr 4 года назад

Lol

@TheQuietReader1920 4 года назад

Here's an idea: you ought to do a video on the amazing Ken Adam movie sets he designed for the James Bond movies, especially the enormous volcano lair from You Only Live Twice (which towered over the English landscape when finished!)

@mmoren3 4 года назад

At 9:10, why do you show a picture of Woodrow Wilson whilst talking about the Winslow architectural firm??

@theclandestinewitness 4 года назад

Simon loves the US. He knows he does.

@criticalhard 3 года назад

We all do ❤❤❤

@captainamerica6525 3 года назад

Tommy bashes the US at almost every opportunity.

@ALT3REDB3AST 4 года назад

I used to work there (in) the WH. IT support during 2nd term of W.

@Simonsvids 4 года назад

Churchill (wearing just a cigar) : "Mr President, you have me at a disadvantage". I wonder how many glasses of scotch he had in the bath before saying that! 😂

@MarloSoBalJr 4 года назад

Lincoln ghost: "Seems you already have the uphill advantage now put some damn clothes on mate!"

@brentvenneman6710 3 года назад

More on the ghost stories please.

@TheWriteFiction Год назад

Those ghost stories were awesome.

@mattb2382 4 года назад

May I suggest Ottawa, Ontario Canada. From a log town to Canada's capital. It's also home to the Rideau canal which was a mega project 😉

@enkhyy 3 года назад

Prime Minister's official residence is 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. Not very illustrious and currently undergoing renovations.🔨

@charlienavarr6466 4 года назад

It always makes me laugh upon hearing a Brit say "Red-Coats"!

@Chkhitoooo 4 года назад

After Independence Day reference I was expecting he'd mention Olympus Has Fallen too.

@sarahgunther9150 3 года назад

8:13 - As a point of correction, Theodore Roosevelt couldn't have studied Aikido between 1902 and 1904. The founder of Aikido, Morihei Uesiba, was roughly between the ages of 19 and 21 at that time. Likewise, O'Sensei didn't begin to formulate what we now know as Aikido until the 1920s and 1930s. I cannot speak as to whether Teddy Roosevelt studied judo or jiu-jitsu however. Aikdio is the only one of the three that I've actively trained in myself.

@dasmitch161 3 года назад

Do the Hungarian Parliament. Massive building. Seen alot of history in it's short time

@JonArens2014 11 месяцев назад

Not Simon sliding a photo of Woodrow Wilson instead of Lorenzo Winslow at 9:15 just to see if we were paying attention 👀

@smithworks23 4 года назад

More please

@Chevy-jordan 3 года назад

19:16 President: Are they Booing me, Vice President? Vice President: No. They're saying Boo-uuurns! Boo-uuurns!

@rami_ungar_writer 4 года назад

Back during the second Bush administration, my eighth grade class was supposed to visit the White House on our DC trip. I had done a report on the White House for class, so I was especially excited. However, the date we were supposed to go never happened. The Bushes chose that day to decorate their Christmas trees. The only saw the White House from the top of the Washington Monument, and I didn't get to see the building up close until 2018, when I was in DC for work. Would have liked to have taken a tour, but the website said you needed to give six months notice to the Secret Service so they could do an investigation into you. Maybe someday, though. It could happen.

@Serutje 4 года назад

Perhaps you can do a video of the Pentagon or areas of combat from WW1 (Verdun, the Somme) and WW2 (Stalingrad, Lenningrad).

@josh_final 4 года назад

9:10 That's Woodrow Wilson, not Lorenzo Winslow (8:40)! How did that make it through the proofreaders?

@rudyg4671 4 года назад

Hey I love the video but you missed a huge part of the White House restoration during the Kennedy administration around the early 60s in which Jacqueline Kennedy restored the rooms to the way they look now. In the fifties the White House Interiors looked like common 1950s Suburban House with velvet mustard colored sofas and 50 style furniture during the Kennedy administration Jacqueline Kennedy restored most of the historic ground-floor rooms in an early American Style which included The Green Room the Blue Room the Red Room the white room in the yellow room. still think it's a great video but I would have loved to see more of this restoration because of the supposed to Rashun a lot of American History has been saved including furniture and paintings that have been retrieve from previous presidents to be in the White House Collection and it still has this collection to this day

@Jefada 4 года назад

You didn't mention the Truman balcony being added during the renovation. Truman wanted a balcony on the second.

@goras234 3 года назад

How about a video on Fort Knox??

@TheJacyn313 4 года назад

RU-vid put an ad break right in the middle of your sponsors midroll.

@Totes_ma_Goat 3 года назад

Need a chief Mouser video, Simon!

@alberto5147 3 года назад

You HAVE to do No.10 Downing Street!

@darkwarriormaster9644 3 года назад

Can you do Bran Castle?

@kylejohnson6867 10 месяцев назад

Did anyone notice (9.15) when mentioning the Truman renovations and the architect by name, Winslow, there is a picture of President Wilson?

@Kevin_C_Leonard_63 3 года назад

The Centre Block is currently closed for extensive renovations that will last close to a decade, but could you cover the buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa?