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From the unconventional to the familiar, hundreds of pets have made White House history while earning the affection of not only the first families but the American public. Presidential Pet Parade, created by American artist Jake Gariepy, celebrates the animals who have called 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue home, including Him and Her, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s beagles; First Daughter Caroline Kennedy’s pony Macaroni; Rebecca, First Lady Grace Coolidge’s racoon; Eli Yale, the colorful macaw owned by President Theodore Roosevelt’s children; and Pauline Wayne, President Rutherford B. Hayes’s cow.
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