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State Dining Room

State Dining Room

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Oct 17, 2026

John MoellerGUEST
22:55
... uh, all those hot four courses, you know? [laughs] And then the entree was hot, and then we have a salad course, and then dessert.
John MoellerGUEST
23:01
Yeah, the State Dining Room holds only 130 people, so they had two huge tents that were put up on the south grounds of the White House, and this was in c- uh, 1999.
John MoellerGUEST
23:10
It was in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of NATO.
John MoellerGUEST
23:14
We had 950 people at that dinner that night.
Bill O'ReillyHOST
12:17
On October 12th, TR unveiled his proposal, along with a new name.
Bill O'ReillyHOST
12:23
He ordered all government documents, stationery, and letters originating from the mansion bear the words, "The White House, Washington, DC." Roosevelt then had a prayer taken from a letter sent by John Adams to his wife engraved in the mantel of the State Dining Room.
Bill O'ReillyHOST
12:46
The prayer says, "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.
Bill O'ReillyHOST
12:58
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." And here is something else you might not know.

Unknown podcast

The First Ladies Who Secretly Ran America: Untold Stories of Power, Influence, and Hidden History

Oct 10 · 1 Mention

speaker_0UNKNOWN
44:04
She turned chaos into order, informality into institution, and in doing so, she set a standard that every first lady after her had to meet.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
44:15
Not a bad legacy for someone who just wanted to keep her children from riding ponies through the State Dining Room.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
44:21
Ellen Wilson, the social justice advocate.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
44:25
Ellen Axon Wilson is one of those first ladies who gets forgotten, which is unfortunate because she was doing important work before it was politically convenient or even particularly popular.

Unknown podcast

21 Mind-Blowing and Unusual Facts About Every U.S. President: From Whiskey Distilleries to Secret Surgeries in the White House

Oct 9 · 1 Mention

speaker_0UNKNOWN
6:55
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." It was a private line meant for his wife, not for history.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
7:04
But Franklin D. Roosevelt loved it so much that he had it carved into the mantel of the State Dining Room in 1945, where it remains.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
7:13
A blessing written by candlelight in an unfinished room turned into marble instruction for every president who would follow.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
7:22
Adams couldn't have known his wish would be chiseled into permanence, which is maybe the best kind of prayer.
Brett McGurkGUEST
31:52
But in the moment, you're also thinking about how worse it can get, and that got into the, uh, Hezbollah front and, and Iran and what they knew.
Brett McGurkGUEST
32:04
And w- when, when Biden eventually went out and spoke publicly, I think it was in the East Room or the State Dining Room, I was standing just to his side.
Brett McGurkGUEST
32:15
Uh, I mean, he gave a very firm, you know, "We're gonna stand with Israel," period.
Brett McGurkGUEST
32:19
I think we know more now.

Unknown podcast

Christmas at the White House: History, First Lady Traditions, and Iconic Holiday Stories Revealed

Oct 6 · 4 Mentions

speaker_0NARRATOR
23:54
But you can't really party when your son has just died and your country is engaged in the bloodiest war in its history.
speaker_0NARRATOR
23:59
The Christmas dinner would be served in the State Dining Room, probably roasted turkey or goose, potatoes, vegetables from the White House garden, some kind of pie.
speaker_0NARRATOR
24:11
The Lincolns would sit at that long table, maybe with a few close friends or family members, and try to have a normal meal.
speaker_0NARRATOR
24:18
Try to pretend everything wasn't falling apart.

44 MINS LATER

speaker_0NARRATOR
68:20
I decorated the White House for Christmas in 2006.
speaker_0NARRATOR
68:24
I hung ornaments in the East Room.
speaker_0NARRATOR
68:27
I arranged garland on the mantel in the State Dining Room.
speaker_0NARRATOR
68:31
I got to be part of making magic.
Rob FlahertyHOST
48:52
It was in the, the...
Rob FlahertyHOST
48:53
Was it the State? No, it wasn't the State Dining Room.
Rob FlahertyHOST
48:54
It was the East Room.
Rob FlahertyHOST
48:55
It was in the East Room, not the East Wing.
Jennifer CornGUEST
38:22
A lot of the times the faith leaders would like a memento and to have that photo, and then sometimes there's something that we're announcing, and so he has the cameras in there.
Jennifer CornGUEST
38:30
But we have prayer in the Roosevelt Room, in the Oval Office, in the State Dining Room, in the East Room, in the EEOB, all the time.
RoseHOST
38:37
That's just something we do.
RoseHOST
38:38
I love that.
Xu QingduoHOST
1:12
After that, the two leaders also held small group talks and a broader bilateral discussion and attended a state banquet.
Xu QingduoHOST
1:20
So they spent about six hours together across different settings, you know, from the Oval Office to the Cabinet Room and the State Dining Room.
Xu QingduoHOST
1:28
What does this unusually high profile reception tell us about the state of relationship between the two countries?
Wu XinboGUEST
1:35
Well, to some extent, the visit by President Xi to the U.S. is the most important diplomatic achievement for President Trump before the midterm election.
Stephen K. BannonHOST
3:29
Uh, and this is where I think the press will ...
Stephen K. BannonHOST
3:30
I believe they may come in, they're not gonna ask questions to do it in the, in the Oval, and then later the bigger meeting, uh, will take place, um, in that state- I think in the State Dining Room.
Stephen K. BannonHOST
3:40
I think the East Room's gonna be the, the First Lady.
Stephen K. BannonHOST
3:43
Thoughts overall, not just of this, Caroline, you've been out throughout the country and you've got your, your, um, your hand on the pulse of both the donors and the grassroots.

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