Collection President Truman's Renovation
During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
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A tea party in the Red Room hosted by Zachary Taylor, c. 1850.
During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
Many people think of the White House as a symbol of democracy, but it also embodies America’s complicated past an...
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy resolved to make the White House a “living museum” by restoring the historic integrity of the...
James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright,...
Long before the emergence of the United States and Italy as nations, close connections between our two peoples influenced political...
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
Two grand houses were under construction in the young Federal City in 1816: one the President’s House, reconstructed after it wa...
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a...
Barbara Faedda Barbara Faedda is Associate Director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, where she also...
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau attended a State Dinner at the White House o...