Kennedy's Rose Garden
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeFrom the White House to River Farm: The Story of the Northeast Gates, Tom UnderwoodThe Ellipse:...
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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 Tour
Following a competition for the design of the President's House in the spring of 1792, Irish architect James Hoban was commissioned...
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White House History
Read Digital Edition Foreword, Melvin M. PaynePresident Kennedy's Rose Garden, Rachel Lambert MellonWhite House Album: History in the Camera's Eye,...
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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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White House History - Selected Back Issues and Articles
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Bio Edith Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow was born on August 6, 1861, in Manhattan, New York. She was the daughter of Charles Carow and Gertrude...
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Bio Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929, in Southampton, New York, to parents John and Janet Bouvier. She and her...
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The Life and Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Om...
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Liberty: America's Dog
When the Fords moved into the White House in August 1974, they did not have a dog. However, the family’s tr...
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Fall Foliage at the White House
Throughout the history of the White House and the grounds surrounding it, visitors have commented on the trees and foliage...
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Steve Vasilakes, the White House's Peanut Man
Nicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot pean...