To promote energy conservation, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House and implemented other energy conservation measures. When Ronald Reagan became President, however, he had the solar panels removed.

Only one President, Richard Nixon, resigned from the Office of President. He did so as a result of his otherwise almost assured impeachment over the Watergate Scandal. Above is a photograph of Richard Nixon giving his resignation speech in the White House.

Above is a photograph of Richard Nixon waving from Marine One, the Presidential helicopter, as he departs the White House after resigning.

PRESIDENTIAL PONIES AND OTHER PETS - The Presidential families living in the White House have had over 400 pet. Twice there have been ponies in the White House - first during the administration of Teddy Roosevelt, and secondly during the administration of John F. Kennedy. President Barack Obama has promised his daughters that he would get them a puppy in the White House.

Under the administration of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy refurbished the White House and established the White House Historical Association to preserve the history of the White House. She also brought an elegance to the White House that helped establish the White House as a cultural center. Finally, the Kennedy administration brought a youthfulness to the White House.

President Eisenhower was the first president to implement and use a Presidential helicopter, which lands on the South Lawn of the White House.

Above are: (1) President Harry Truman, who spent much of his presidency living in the Blair House during the reconstruction of the White House; and (2) Truman's would-be assassinator Oscar Collazo lying wounded outside the Blair House on November 1, 1950.