Keeping Cool in the White House
During the 19th century Washington’s infamous summer heat and humidity presented challenges to presidents and their families. In that pr...
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First Family Life
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The Life and Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
While McKinley had been popular and had brought major changes to presidential prestige as well as the nation's world status,...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 12/26/1942
WASHINGTON, Friday—I returned yesterday morning a little bit late, but in plenty of time to get over to Arlington, Va...
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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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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 1/20/1945
WASHINGTON, Friday—I arrived back in Washington yesterday morning and plunged into a vortex of inauguration preparations. I went to me...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 12/26/1939
WASHINGTON, Monday—Saturday was really a hectic day for me, ending up with a few minutes broadcast right in the mi...
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Secret Service and the Presidents
Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 12/26/1938
Washington, Sunday—Christmas Day and Christmas Eve lie behind us. The 24th of December is always for me the embodiment of...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 12/25/1936
WASHINGTON—Yesterday afternoon James1 and Betsey and their two children arrived and the children settled down on the third floor wh...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 1/4/1937
WASHINGTON, Sunday—I said goodbye to Franklin, Junior1 on Friday afternoon and took the five o'clock train to New York, ex...
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The President's House
The President's House: A History by noted historian William Seale, published by the White House Historical Association in two rich...
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A Coolidge Christmas
In 1923 holiday anticipation grew among Washington residents, especially among the First Family. President Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge awaited...