Collection The Working White House
For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the...
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First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of protest and indignation. This traditional act of hospitality toward the wife of the first black man elected to Congress in the twentieth century created a political crisis for the president and first lady. This collection explores the "tempest" from the perspectives of the first lady, the DePriests and DePriest family descendants.
For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the...
For more than a century, thousands of Americans have gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to exercise...
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Biographies & Portraits
WILLIAM ADAIR is a frame historian, conservator, and gilder in Washington, D.C. (WHH #54) WILLIAM G. ALLMAN served more than...
June 28, 1957: President Dwight D. Eisenhower - Islamic Center of WashingtonPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower's Remarks at Ceremonies Opening the Islamic CenterMr....
The 2016 White House Christmas ornament honors the administration of the thirty-first president of the United States Herbert Hoover, who served...
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...
David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and mo...
The White House Historical Association, chartered in 1961, is a nonprofit historical and educational organization that plays a vital role in...