Collection Native Americans and the White House
Native Americans hold a significant place in White House history. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples, including the Nacotchtank and...
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Native Americans hold a significant place in White House history. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples, including the Nacotchtank and...
The young national capital at Washington, D.C. became the center of the War of 1812 with Great Britain during the...
The collection of fine art at the White House has evolved and grown over time. The collection began with mostly...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
James Buchanan is often regarded as one of the worst presidents in United States history.1 Many historians contend that Buchanan’s...
Throughout the history of the United States, all the nation’s presidents have been Christians.1 In modern times, to celebrate th...
Today, Lafayette Park sits just north of the White House, enclosed by H Street NW (north), Madison Place (east), Pennsylvania...
“Quentin’s mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some...
The first known image of the White House was a daguerreotype taken in 1846, during the administration of President James K....
The United States remained neutral during the early years of World War I, from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914,...
At eight o’clock on the morning of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith “threw responsibilities to the wind...
Further pursuing our interest in the neighborhood context of the White House, as well as the presidential complex itself, this...