however, in 1847 henry willard became the manager and that time forward, the willard played an important prominent role in the history of this hotel for the next 100 years. let's talk a little bit about henry willard. henry willard came from vermont and it was a very astute, energetic and ingenious businessman. and brother joseph were on the niagara. it ran troy, new york, to in new york steamship. lloyd. and he made it his practice to provide the best service to anybody who was on that ship. warren, the fiancee of benjamin fogle, met henry. i one of the trips from troy to new york. she was impressed with this service to everybody. and when her fiance came benjamin mentioned he needed a new manager for the willard. she recommended henry. henry applied for the job and in 1847 moved to washington to manage the city hotel. henry to help a grand hotel to run on a grand plan for the city hotel. at the time, 100 hotel rooms. it had a beautiful main entrance with portico. it had a women's entrance for ladiesprivate lounge on the mezzanine level fornie ladies. the gentlemen, as were bathroom. he

stoere add to the hotel in the interior with some large. 1850s. 1860s were a good time for the willard's henryrdunning fr president and when franklin pierce won president, pierce became the first president to visit the willard many almost all of them from that day forward. and since then the hotel was called the residence of presidents in addition to having congressmen, senate and businessmen stay at the hotel the village decided to the foreign dignitaries particular was the japanese delegation. the japanese had never left their homeland and were headed to the united to visit with presidentda buchanan and to sign the treaty of amity commerce. that at the time there was no blair house to house foreign anl to the willard congress to appropriate its $50,000 for the willard to refurbish and redecora t accommodate our guests from japan. rooms were re carpeted with red carpets. there was a pantry built in hens and then a floor of 60 rooms was given to the delegation. the japanese entered through ladies entrance on 14th street and security hired to help take of any wayward what they called a noise at