http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House
It was never pink, it was always white, first called the "White House" in 1811 (per wiki and the white house web site)
It's funny how history gets twisted sometimes, and British historians are notorious for it. As an example, in one history of WW2, written by a British historian who has actually done excellent work when not commenting directly on British military history, was the following comment summarizing the strategic bombing campaign in Europe:
"Bomber command was assisted by the 8th US Air force in the bombing of strategic targets in Europe."
Assisted by?
Also, while we did not officially declare war on Herr Schickelgruber's Germany until 1941, US Naval forces in the Atlantic were engaging German U-boats well before that, with the first officially recognized naval battle between US and German forces occurring in 1940. There were contacts well before that. We weren't sitting on the sidelines, we just hadn't actively declared war.
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