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Useless parhaps, but nevertheless a part of US Presidential history.

You know that your party gets a little wilder than originally planned? When US President Andrew Jackson was to become President in 1829, he continued following Thomas Jefferson's example and held an open house in the White House. After Jackson took the oath and addressed Congress, he returned to the White House, which was filled with politicians, celebrities, and ordinary citizens, ready to party. Not surprisingly, the party developed rapidly as more and more people joined in, and eventually there were 20,000 people who jumped up in the furniture with dirty shoes and waded around the White House looking for souvenirs. However, the staff at the White House lured the guests out of the house by placing washbasins filled with juice and whiskey out on the lawn. However, the tradition was continued for a while, but an assassination attempt put a damper on the idea, and Grover Cleveland replaced the tradition with a parade instead in 1885.

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