![2018 White House Christmas Ornament](images/ornament/2018/ornament-front.png?1710850572)
The Official 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors President Harry S. Truman and the significant changes he made to the White House and the Presidential Seal.
![The Truman balcony](images/ornament/2018/balcony.jpg?1710425806)
![The front of the 2018 White House Christmas Ornament](images/ornament/2018/ornament-front.png?1710850572)
The Celebrated Truman Balcony
The front of the Ornament features the Truman Balcony, added to the White House in 1947-48. President Truman's alterations and renovations to the Executive Mansion were some of the most expansive in history.
The Modern White House: Truman’s Renovation![The Presidential Seal](images/ornament/2018/seal.png?1710425806)
A Turn of a Head
The Presidential Seal featured at the top of the Ornament reflects the design as changed by President Truman. Originally the American eagle looked toward its left talons, which hold a cluster of spears, weapons of war. Truman had the seal redesigned, turning the eagle's head away from the spears to its right talons, which hold the olive branches of peace.
![The renovation of the Blue Room](images/ornament/2018/blueroom.jpg?1710425806)
![The back of the 2018 White House Christmas Ornament](images/ornament/2018/ornament-back.png?1710425806)
Transformation of the Blue Room
The back of the Ornament features the renovated Blue Room decorated for the holidays. During the major renovations of 1948-52, the Blue Room, like all the rooms of the White House, was dismantled and rebuilt.
Blue Room Through the Years