Podcast Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President
In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in for the first of his four terms as president of the United States....
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A ground floor plan made in 1943 shows the location of the Press Room in the northwest corner of the West Wing and the swimming pool in its original location at the center of the West Terrace
In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in for the first of his four terms as president of the United States....
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
Americans are familiar with the ceremonies of Inauguration Day, when a new President takes the oath of office at the...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
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The David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History awards research fellowships annually. These fellowships support new research related...
The White House Collection and the Atlantic World Jennifer L. Anderson, Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America (Cambridge,...
The White House Historical Association is a nonprofit educational association founded in 1961 for the purpose of enhancing the understanding, appreciation,...