President Bill Clinton (center left) watching Super Bowl in the family theater with governor guests and White House staffers in 1994. Dirck Halstead/Getty Images

One of the stars of the White House is no more.

The White House Family Theater, the movie theater which first came to be in 1942 when a cloakroom was converted into a screening room, was demolished this week as part of the destruction of the East Wing to make room for President Donald Trump’s planned $300 million ballroom.

From sporting events to film screenings, the theater provided entertainment and enjoyment to presidents and their families since the latter part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.

According to The White House Historical Association , Roosevelt enjoyed watching World War II-era news reels in the form

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