The following foods are often considered to contain mostly empty calories and may lead to weight gain: 1  Cake, cookies, sweets, candy, ice cream, soft drinks, fruit-flavored beverages and gelatin and other foods containing added sugars (including High-fructose corn syrup, HFCS).
Washington was concerned that the presidents of the Confederation Congress had been overwhelmed by visitors in the past. As a result, during the presidency Washington set aside the late afternoon for meetings with the public and evenings for dinner parties with invited guests.
Remembering When White House Was Burning, President Was Hiding, and U.S. Was Close to Collapse. 200 years ago today British troops seized control of Washington, D.C. An illustration of the British burning the U.S. Capitol in 1814. The United States and Britain now enjoy a special relationship, but on this day in 1814, a force of battle-hardened British troops overran a poorly armed American militia, seized control of the city of Washington, and set the White House ablaze.