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JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
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JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
As part of the White House Historical Association’s 60th anniversary celebration in 2021, the Next-Gen Leaders (NGL) initiative was announced. Th...
Congress has always been tasked with appropriating funds for the care, repair, refurnishing and maintenance of the White House and...
January 14, 1964: State Dinner for Italian President Antonio Segni was hosted by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Featured entertainment included Robert Merrill...
Jim AdamsJim Adams has been gardening in Washington, D.C., for over 25 years. His D.C. career began at the...
The White House Historical Associationcommissions the official White House Christmas ornament each year. This is the 36th ornamentin the series...
Bill BarkerVeteran historical actor-interpreter Bill Barker is widely recognized as the nation’s foremost interpreter of Thomas Jefferson. After portraying Th...
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The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
The White House Historical Association, chartered in 1961, is a nonprofit historical and educational organization that plays a vital role in...
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...