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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First Family Life
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White House Christmases Past
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
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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," 12/25/1936
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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The President's House and Its People
Betty C. Monkman served more than thirty years in the Office of the Curator, The White House, retiring as Chief...
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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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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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The Solarium
The Solarium on the Third Floor has been called the “The Camp David of the White House.”1 With its floor-to-ceiling wind...
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The White House Remembered
In 2005, The White House Historical Association released The White House Remembered,Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R....
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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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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...