The State Dining Room is often the setting for State or Official Dinners, and it is the second largest room in the White House. The room was expanded in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency and rebuilt during the Harry S. Truman renovation in 1948-1952. Join White House Historical Association historian, Lina Mann as she tells the history of the State Dining Room in this short video, made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring human endeavor.

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