Thanksgiving at the White House
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
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Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
The phrase "The Half Had Not Been Told Me" is taken from a Biblical reference Frederick Douglass used to describe...
The White House Historical Association Offices740 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006For mailing please use: P.O. Box 27624 Washington,...
In July 2012, the National Park Service’s White House Visitor Center began undergoing a $12.6 million revitalization through a public-private partnership wi...
August 24, 1944: President Sveinn Björnsson of Iceland paid visits to Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill and Mount Vernon during his b...
When Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., and his wife, Susan, moved to the new federal city in 1816, they purchased land on...
The 18th century uses of Lafayette Square included a family graveyard, an apple orchard, a racetrack, and a market. The...
From its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth and into the early twentieth century, the historic preservation movement in the United States...
On April 16, 1862, Congress passed the Compensated Emancipation Act, ending slavery in the District of Columbia and delivering long-awaited freedom to...
Thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, the formation of the United States, and construction of the White House,...
In several ways, James Hoban’s life resembles the classic immigrant success story. Born to a modest family in County Ki...
“Geography has made us neighbors,” President John F. Kennedy told the Canadian Parliament in May 1961, “History has made us friends. Econom...