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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The Plunger.
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
Camp David has provided presidents and their families with a recreational retreat from the White House, as well as a...
No sport is more closely tied to the American presidency than baseball. One of Washington’s first baseball fields was lo...
As part of the White House Historical Association’s 60th anniversary celebration in 2021, the Next-Gen Leaders (NGL) initiative was announced. Th...
When I came to Iowa State, I had no idea what it meant to be a journalist. My idea of...
In the early decades of the republic a president's wife, like other wives, seldom displayed her private life to the...
Many modern presidents have had a casual interest in horseback riding, particularly as a vacation sport. However, no modern president...
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents...
After the Civil War, the nation's capital became a magnet for foreign diplomats and people who had made fortunes in...
The White House tennis court, first built in 1902 behind the West wing, was moved to the west side of the...
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
Many presidents have enjoyed the sport of fishing. This pastime provides an opportunity to relax or to enjoy the sportsman’s...