You just never know who's reading your Activerain blog posts.
Last year, I lamented in You Snooze, You Lose - No More 2008 White House Ornaments that ornaments from the White House Historical Society had sold out before I got around to ordering. Within 24 hours, I received an Activerain contact message from Peter Gacicia, President/CEO of Friends of the White House, telling me about a brand new series of White House ornaments from his organization.
A few days later, the inaugural ornament of this series arrived at my home - probably one of the most stunning ornaments I've ever seen. Each one is hand-blown glass that is hand-painted with historically accurate original art, then silvered and gift-boxed.
The 2008 ornament commemorated the presidential administration of George Washington and honors his supervision of White House construction during his terms, 1789–1797.
The 2009 ornament honors his successor, John Adams, our nation’s second president and the first to reside in the newly constructed White House during his term, 1797–1801.
Since the first ornament was so stunning, I’m going to order another one this year for a gift as well as one of the John Adams ornament. Had it not been for Activerain, I never would have known about this series, so I want to pass it on to you, too.
Here’s a link to Friends of the White House if you’d like to order one or both of these stunning ornaments.
P.S. - They also offer a third ornament commemorating the inauguration of Barack Obama, if that interests you.
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