Collection Presidential Retreats
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
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Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
Death comes to every home, including the White House. From the loss of cherished family members to presidential funerals, there...
The history of the White House appears in unexpected places, from trivia questions at Major League Baseball games to archival...
Baseball has been known as our national pastime and has links to the presidency as far back as the Abraham...
Spring is a special time in our nation’s capital, when cherry blossoms bloom and the White House garden comes al...
For two hundred years, Decatur House has stood as a near neighbor to the White House across Lafayette Square. Stewart...
No recent president has had more impact on the White House than Harry S. Truman, who both modernized the building...
In 1792, Irish immigrant James Hoban won a contest to design the White House and created an enduring symbol for America...
On July 11, 1798, Congress passed legislation that created the United States Marine Corps and the Marine Band, America's oldest professional musical...
In 1963, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy helped arrange one of the most daring art exhibits in history, charming the French Government...
Fearless leaders have walked the halls of White House for centuries. In this episode, White House Historical Association President Stewart...
It was President Thomas Jefferson who first established the traditions of a Fourth of July celebration at the White House....