WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-thousand people are estimated to have poured through the gates of the White House for an annual weekend fall garden tour. Saturday and Sunday’s event offered the tour for anyone up for standing in line for a free ticket. The event is a throwback to the days when the White House and its grounds were more open to the public — like when Andrew Jackson threw open the doors in 1837 for anyone who wanted a hunk of a giant donated cheese. The National Park Service says the roughly 220-year-old White House gardens are the oldest continuously maintained landscape in the United States.
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