Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, 2002
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- Photograph by William Phillips, copyright White House Historical Association
Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, 2002
Creator: William Phillips, December 2002.
A Christmas tree blazes with lights on the Ellipse, south of the White House, in 2002.
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