John and Abigail Adams: A Tradition Begins
John and Abigail Adams had a wealth of experience in establishing and living in official houses prior to their move...
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John and Abigail Adams had a wealth of experience in establishing and living in official houses prior to their move...
On March 27, 1952, President and Mrs. Truman returned to a freshly renovated White House after living at Blair House since November 1948....
“It is of very great importance to fix the taste of our Country properly, and I think your Example will go...
The official "pardoning" of White House turkeys is an interesting White House tradition that has captured the imagination of the...
A state dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
When the President’s House was consumed by fire in 1814, furnishings purchased over twenty-five years by the United States gov...
A house more thoroughly documented than the White House is difficult to imagine. Historians and students of White House history...
John Adams spent the majority of his presidency in Philadelphia, but later occupied the President's House in Washington, D.C.,...
In 1809, James and Dolley Madison moved into the completed President’s House that contained worn furnishings from past administrations. Mrs. Ma...
Reconstruction and refurbishing of the burned President's House continued into the 1820s. To refurnish the large house, President James Monroe...
Andrew Jackson’s 1829 inaugural reception drew throngs of supporters to the President’s House. Their exuberant descent on the house left...
The clamor over Martin Van Buren's perceived abuse of the furniture fund continued after he left office in 1841. Successor William...