Foreword; White House History (Number 36)
Surrounding the President of the United States are clouds of relatives, moving about close and distant, that are ever marked...
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Surrounding the President of the United States are clouds of relatives, moving about close and distant, that are ever marked...
Through the vision of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the White House Historical Association was chartered on November 3, 1961, “to enhance understanding, ap...
In 1945, Harry S. Truman proposed a major West Wing expansion that would add a studio and auditorium for press briefings....
Two leading ladies appeared at Washington’s National Theatre on the evening of July 2, 1886. On stage was Nellie McCartee, the st...
Many of the world's finest performing artists have shared the White House stage with the Marine Band. Great tenors and...
In the day-to-day life of the White House, interactions between the first family and the residence staff have varied widely....
Over the course of six days in October 1830, President Andrew Jackson and his nephew and private secretary, Andrew Jackson Donelson,...
The national parks preceded the National Park Service, but the first great natural park was a state park. California’s Yo...
By the summer of 1946, President Harry S. Truman needed a vacation. Catapulted into the presidency by the sudden death of F...
Although President Abraham Lincoln had friends and supporters in the press such as Pennsylvania newspaper editor John Forney; Henry J....
As the war in Europe cast its shadow over the capital’s social life, White House entertaining diminished. But one ev...
The People's House: Thomas Jefferson began the tradition of a public reception to celebrate the Fourth of July in 1801. The...