The Red Room
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
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The Ground Floor
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The East Room
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State Dining Room
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Sharing White House History about James Madison
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Slavery and the White House
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Catherine Allgor
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The Second Floor
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
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The White House, Lafayette Square and African Americans
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The Burning of the White House in 1814
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White House History
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Presidential Kin
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Indomitable Sara Delano Roosevelt Mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mary Jo Binker and...