From elephants to inline skates, a history of foreign gifts to presidents
Many presents that reach the White House's gifts office come from citizens of the United States and other countries, according to the National Archives and Records Administration. More elaborate are the gifts of state — those given to presidents and first family members by foreign leaders in the name of diplomacy.
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