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On this day in 1961, President Kennedy welcomed the one-millionth visitor to the White House that year, the first time in history the White House had reached that milestone. To mark the occasion, he said this:

“The White House is alive with history back to the earliest days of our country and I would like to take this opportunity to urge every American when the opportunity presents itself to come to Washington to visit this historic home. Our young people can be inspired by the history; our older people can have their faith renewed by it. The White House is the home belonging to the United States and it is only fitting that as many visit it as possible.”