Video Presidential Sites Summit Evening Event at the Library of Congress Announcement
Stewart McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association, announces speakers for an evening at the Library of Congress during...
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Podcast An Ordinary Man: President Gerald R. Ford
Stewart McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association, welcomed respected author and historian Richard Norton Smith to a special...
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Event The Decorative Arts Collection of the White House: A Behind-the-Scenes Look
Before Jacqueline Kennedy hired the first White House curator in 1961, furnishings from the executive mansion’s collection had come and go...
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Event History Happy Hour: Tales from the Crypts - A Conversation with the Author of "Presidential Grave Hunter"
“Presidential Grave Hunter: One Kid’s Quest to Visit the Tombs of Every President and Vice President” is a history-driven travel...
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Collection The 2023 White House Christmas Ornament
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
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Press NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast: “Bunny Mellon and the White House Rose Garden”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today featuring a conversation with...
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Eliza McCardle Johnson: Conflicting Memories and Vanishing Evidence of the Enslaved Past
In 1980, Margaret Johnson Patterson Bartlett, great-granddaughter of First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson and President Andrew Johnson, gave an oral interview...
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Bio Priscilla Cooper Tyler
On June 14, 1816, Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper, better known as Priscilla, was born to parents Thomas and Mary Cooper in New York...
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Bio Sarah Yorke Jackson
Sarah Yorke was born ca. 1803/05 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents Peter and Mary.1 Relatives raised Sarah after she was orphaned...
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Video Presidential Sites Summit Message from Susan Swain
Susan Swain, CEO of C-SPAN shares how she will be participating in the 2023 Presidential Sites Summit. To register for the...
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Bio Martha Jefferson Randolph
Thomas Jefferson’s wife, Martha, died many years before his presidency. As a result, their eldest daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph st...
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Event History Happy Hour: From White House Usher to Author of "Who Killed the President?"
“Who Killed the President?” is a Washington, D.C. whodunnit novel authored by a true White House insider, former White Hous...
