In a White House Passageway
Arches and vaults are techniques of construction that serve to divert the support of heavy masses that would otherwise require...
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Arches and vaults are techniques of construction that serve to divert the support of heavy masses that would otherwise require...
Built in 1818-1819, Decatur House was designed by the English architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe for Commodore Stephen Decatur and Susan...
Throughout the history of the White House and the grounds surrounding it, visitors have commented on the trees and foliage...
In 2005, The White House Historical Association released The White House Remembered,Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R....
The holiday season at the White House is celebrated with an array of annual traditions, glittering holiday décor, fresh p...
The White House has many holiday traditions, some of which are historic and others more recent. New arrivals to the...
The history of the white house grounds begins nearly two centuries before the construction of the house itself. Sailing up...
On July 16, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, formally the Act for Establishing the Temporary and Permanent Seat of the Government...
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
While there have only been a handful of Texans who have called the White House “home,” this group has shaped the...
White House workers’ memoirs abound with recollections of significant international and national events and episodes. As they go about their da...
The White House celebrates many holiday traditions, some of which are historic and others more recent. New arrivals to the...