You Might Also Like

• The Presidential Sweet Tooth

  As the holidays approach, thoughts inevitably turn to sugar plums, gingerbread, and all of the other delectable treats that season...

• Presidents' Day at the White House

  Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...

• 

  A Coolidge Christmas

  In 1923 holiday anticipation grew among Washington residents, especially among the First Family. President Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge awaited...

• White House Thanksgiving Turkeys in the Roaring '20s

  First families received turkeys as gifts long before the 1920s. Horace Vose, the “Poultry King” of southwestern Rhode Island, first sent...

• Nell Arthur's Memorial Window

  Stained glass, a medieval art, was revisited in the historically retrospective nineteenth century. The art was a prominent feature of...

• Secret Service and the Presidents

  Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service...

• Splendor and Scrutiny of White House Tableware

  When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau attended a State Dinner at the White House o...

• John and Abigail Adams: A Tradition Begins

  John and Abigail Adams had a wealth of experience in establishing and living in official houses prior to their move...

• The American Protective League and White House Security During World War One

  The United States remained neutral during the early years of World War I, from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914,...

• Reflections: A Secret Garden

  Tucked away on the South Lawn, behind a tall hedge of hollies, is the White House Children’s Garden, a sp...

• Official White House China: From the 18th to the 21st Centuries

  The house in which the President of the United States lives has always had a great fascination for American citizens...

• Hoover's Retreat: Rapidan Camp

  Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, 100 miles from Washington, Camp Rapidan served President Herbert Hoover and First Lady...