Question: Which First Lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween?
Answer: First Lady Mamie Eisenhower became the first to decorate the White House for Halloween on Oct. 30, 1958. She hosted a lunch for the wives of staff members in the State Dining Room of the White House. Decorations included skeletons hanging from the wall lights, yellow jack-o’-lanterns, shocks of dried corn in the corners of the room, and State Dining Room columns that were decorated at their bases with brown corn stalks, pumpkins, and red apples.
