{"id":462584,"date":"2010-03-23T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.suntimes.com,2010:\/sweet\/\/25.33428"},"modified":"2010-03-23T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:21:19","slug":"white-house-grounds-open-to-visitors-april-17-an-18-details-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/462584","title":{"rendered":"White House grounds open to visitors April 17 an 18. Details here."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES SPRING GARDEN &#038; GROUNDS TOURS APRIL 17TH &#8211; 18TH<\/p>\n<p>The White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors on Saturday, April 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on Sunday, April 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Visitors can view the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden, Children&#8217;s Garden and the South Lawn of the White House. The White House Kitchen Garden will also be viewable from the tour route and a visual explanation will be available to help inform tourists about the elements of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>These tours are open to the public; however, a ticket is required for all attendees, including small children. The National Park Service will distribute free, timed tickets at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion located at 15th and E Streets on each tour day beginning at 8:00 a.m. Tickets will be distributed &#8212; one ticket per person &#8212; on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>Please note the following are prohibited on the White House grounds:<br \/>\nFood and Beverages of any kind<br \/>\nDuffel Bags\/Suitcases\/Backpacks<br \/>\nAnimals (except guide dogs)<br \/>\nAerosols of any kind Knives of any size<br \/>\nMace<br \/>\nSmoking<br \/>\nReal or Simulated Weapons\/Ammunition<br \/>\nFireworks\/Firecrackers<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Secret Service reserves the right to prohibit any other personal items however strollers, wheelchairs, and cameras are permitted.<\/p>\n<p>In case of inclement weather, the Garden Tours will be cancelled. Please call the 24-hour information line at (202) 456-7041 to check on the status of the event. Tours of the White House will not occur on the dates of the Garden Tours.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES SPRING GARDEN &#038; GROUNDS TOURS APRIL 17TH &#8211; 18TH The White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors on Saturday, April 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on Sunday, April 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visitors can view the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden, Children&#8217;s Garden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4220,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}