White House Ghost Stories
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
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White House History
Read Digital EditionForeword, Melvin M. PaynePresident Kennedy's Rose Garden, Rachel Lambert MellonWhite House Album: History in the Camera's Eye, Oliver...
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The Electric Career of Ike Hoover
A group of physicians and surgeons meeting in Washington 1891 was treated to a reception at the White House on the...
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State Visits by Nordic Nations to the White House
August 24, 1944: President Sveinn Björnsson of Iceland paid visits to Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill and Mount Vernon during his b...
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Thanksgiving at the White House
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
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White House Dimensions
The White House is 168 feet (51.2 meters) long.The White House is 85 feet 6 inches (26.1 meters) wide without porticoes; 152 feet wide with...
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White House History - Selected Back Issues and Articles
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Bio Edith Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow knew Theodore Roosevelt from infancy; as a toddler she became a playmate of his younger sister Corinne....
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Bio Jacqueline Kennedy
The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a...
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Mr. Churchill in the White House
On December 13, 1941, six days after the “infamy” of Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill boarded the battleship Duke of York bound for Amer...
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Lady Bird Johnson's Floral Legacy
Few first ladies have been so attuned to the natural beauty inside and outside the White House as First Lady...
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Notable State Dinners at the White House
December 22, 1874: First state dinner for a foreign head of state King David Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). Hosted by...