White House Pigeons
As any visitor to Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. will tell you, pigeons are a universal feature of the...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 6/9/1939
WASHINGTON, Thursday—I have just made the rounds of every room in the White House with Mrs. Nesbitt,1 the housekeeper. We...
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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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President's Park: A History of Protest at the White House
President’s Park is approximately 80 acres of urban landscape surrounding the White House. A fence encloses the house, providing 18 acres of...
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The West Wing: 1975-1999
1979: Islamic militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and took Americans hostage. The West Wing once again became...
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The West Wing: 1925-1949
1929: Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a telephone installed on his desk on March 27. A fire on Christmas...
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Gettysburg and Golf Courses
On July 12, 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president in office to employ a helicopter in his transportation service. This...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 4/11/1939
WASHINGTON, Monday—We came down to Washington yesterday evening to find the trees in bud, the fountains playing outside the Wh...
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Sports & Recreation
The White House tennis court, first built in 1902 behind the West wing, was moved to the west side of the...
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Japanese State Dinners
Following the close of World War II, Japan and the United States developed a close alliance and strategic and trade...
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White House Brides and Envisioned Flowers
The first really grand White House wedding was Nellie Grant’s. For this President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant had th...
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Landscapes & Gardens
John Adams was the first president to occupy the White House in 1800; one of his first additions was a vegetable...