Collection First Children
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
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President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less than tolerant of some critics. The famous sign placed on his desk in the Oval Office, “The Buck Stops Here,” made it clear that as president he was responsible for all that happened on his watch. He came to the presidency in the shadow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but emerged on his own with a stature that has grown monumentally in the sixty-five years since his retirement.
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
Biographies & Portraits
At age 43, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected to the presidency. Before his vibrant presidency was cut...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Biographies & Portraits
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official 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....
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only army general elected president in the twentieth century. His achievements were many — he was an...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
2020Washington Post, ""Melania Trump announces the White House Rose Garden will be revamped, a throwback to the Kennedy era""Associated...
Foreword, William SealeFrom the White House to the Piedmont and Back: Theodore Roosevelt’s Intrepid Ride, Clifford KrainikFinding the Lost Wa...