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...
After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wanted her husband to be remembered through a national cu...
Biographies & Portraits
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
The White House Historical Association has been preserving and sharing White House history since its founding by First Lady Jacqueline...
It is hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
For two hundred years, Decatur House has stood as a near neighbor to the White House across Lafayette Square. Stewart...
Biographies & Portraits
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy resolved to make the White House a “living museum” by restoring the historic integrity of the...
In this special episode of The 1600 Sessions, financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein interviews White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin...