Rather than give away old White House china or auction it off, First Lady Edith Roosevelt decided to dispose of it in this way.
- Give it to the Smithsonian
- Melt it and make it into other objects
- Burn it
- Break it and throw it into the Potomac River
Rather than give away old White House china or auction it off, First Lady Edith Roosevelt decided to dispose of it in this way.
Break it and throw it into the Potomac River. Other First Ladies disposed of the china in less dramatic ways.