What’s in a Name? Madame Tussauds
Well, if your name is John, Jim, Rich, Andy, George or Tom, you can get into Madame Tussauds in Washington D.C. for FREE any day during Presidents Day week.
Actually, free admission applies to anyone that has the same first name as any of the 43 presidents (a total of 27 different first names).
To celebrate President’s Day, you can pose for a photo with any of 13 presidents at Madame’s including George Washington, Tom Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, FDR, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, or either George Bush. There’s also a waving Hillary Clinton wax figure in case you’re thinking…
2/16 UPDATE - Madame’s has announced that they will also have a Barack Obama wax figure over the President’s Day holiday.
Out of 43 presidents, there have been 27 unique names. Here’s the list of names that qualify for free admission:
| Abraham | Andrew | Benjamin |
| Calvin | Chester | Dwight |
| Franklin | George | Gerald |
| Grover | Harry | Herbert |
| James | John | Lyndon |
| Martin | Millard | Richard |
| Ronald | Rutherford | Theodore |
| Thomas | Ulysses | Warren |
| William | Woodrow | Zachary |
Dates - Monday - Friday, Feb. 18-22, 2008
Details - For free admission, you must have the same first name as any United States President and a valid photo ID is required to prove your claim.
Madame Tussauds President’s Week
1025 F Street, NW at 10th Street
Washington D.C. 20004
Images - personal collection - © 2008 - Jon Rochetti
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4 Comments
I can’t really say why, but that Hillary Clinton wax seems rather disturbing. I think it’s the combination of the wave and the facial expression.
Now I won’t take the obvious pun about your “rather disturbing”, comment but actually, up close it’s not erie at all.
So there are no options if one happens to be female and without one of those?
That sucks a little bit.
Even though I like the creativity of the whole thing.
Yes, the promo is kind of one sided, but I guessing Madame is hoping the guys will bring their first ladies with them.
Perhaps you could ask your congress person to sponsor a “first ladies day”, to honor all of America’s first ladies.