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“Quentin’s mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some...
The annual White House Easter egg roll was a well-established tradition when President Herbert Hoover took office, and the Hoovers...
The United States remained neutral during the early years of World War I, from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914,...
Few people today know the story of a Sicilian-born sailor named Salvadore Catalano who became an early American naval hero....
Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...
On Christmas Eve 1929 the White House experienced its most powerful fire since the British torched the Executive Mansion 115 years earlier....
As the holidays approach, thoughts inevitably turn to sugar plums, gingerbread, and all of the other delectable treats that season...
Further pursuing our interest in the neighborhood context of the White House, as well as the presidential complex itself, this...
The White House has hosted many musical performances featuring artists playing a wide variety of instruments. When the first cello—an...
In 1853, Clark Mills’ statue of President Andrew Jackson on horseback is in the center of Lafayette Park. The park’s four...
In President Theodore Roosevelt’s description of the capture of the HMS Macedonian by the USS United States in his 1882 bo...
Congress passed the Compensated Emancipation Act to end slavery in the District of Columbia and President Abraham Lincoln signed the...