President's Park: A History of Protest at the White House
President’s Park is approximately 80 acres of urban landscape surrounding the White House. A fence encloses the house, providing 18 acres of...
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Introduction to the Transcription of the Washington Diary of Elizabeth L.C. Dixon
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Architecture: 1850s-1890s
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 4/11/1939
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day," 6/9/1939
WASHINGTON, Thursday—I have just made the rounds of every room in the White House with Mrs. Nesbitt,1 the housekeeper. We...