[tcrlaf]

The White House was designed by an Irishman named Hoban, and built by IRISH and SCITTISH WORKMEN...

But hey, since when did Obama and the liberals ever let FACTS get in the way of a good rant??

[tcrlaf]

SCITTISH=Scottish

[bubbacluck]

Actually, slaves did HELP to build the White House, alongside Irish and Scottish workmen. There was a correcting post yesterday to that effect.

[McGruff]

The White House was designed by an Irishman named Hoban, and built by IRISH and SCITTISH WORKMEN...

You should find a link and post that as a thread. Maybe the MSM might have to report it.

[x]

The White House was designed by an Irishman named Hoban, and built by IRISH and SCITTISH WORKMEN...

Scottish masons erected the walls, but that was only part of the labor required to build the White House. Who dug the foundations and unloaded stone and brick at the site?

Much of the work was done by African-Americans, some free, many slaves, and that's been documented. James Hoban even owned three of the slaves.

More here.

[Nepeta]

SCITTISH WORKMEN...

I do like the mental image of a bunch of Scots skittering sideways nervously, hair raised up on their backs, large cat tail all fluffed out and carried in a "C".

[silverleaf]

workers did include rented/hired slaves

consider the culture and workforce of the times, especially the South, which DC was part of

how about a white president going up to Antietam or Gettysburg and saying “we” (whites) are the one who ended slavery! Say maybe bammie should take his daughters up to Antietam to “remind them of their responsibilities”

and also over to Arlington