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White House Ghost Stories
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances in the Red Room at the White House and the presidential cottage at the Soldiers Home. Spiritualism was wildly popular during the height of the Civil War as families sought comfort for the loss of loved ones. 1901-1904: Jeremiah Jerry
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The American Presidency Project
When you want to look up presidential speeches as well as all of a president's public utterances, then the American Presidency Project website can be useful. It's especially helpful if you are looking for dates when presidents gave their State of the Union Address or when they gave press conferences, specifically nighttime ones held in the East Room. The site
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Presidential Recordings
One of the websites you can use to find a president you would like to hear in conversation is the one maintained by the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. An example within the presidential recordings is a conversation in the Oval Office following the March on Washington. Civil rights leaders came to see President John
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The President's Daily Diary
Some of the most fascinating documents of the presidency are the diaries that reveal what the president does all day and all week. Assembled from information found in Secret Service logs, the president's schedule, notes from presidential staff members who track where he is, the President's Diarist--an employee of the National Archives, not the White House--creates the record of his
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Living Quarters on the Ground Floor
White House staff who lived at the President’s House during the nineteenth century, including enslaved and free African Americans, usually had rooms in the basement. Open at the ground level on the south, the basement (referred to as the Ground Floor today) had windows on the north side facing a dry moat that was entirely hidden from view. Visitors on
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The White House, Lafayette Square and African Americans
To imagine what it was like here when the White House was being constructed in the 1790s, erase everything else you see now on and around Lafayette Square. The park was a field—muddy or dusty, depending on the weather. Enslaved workers who were building the White House were housed in temporary shelters—each about 10 feet wide and 10 feet long—lined
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France in the White House: A Conversation on Historical Perspectives
This event will be held at the White House Historical Association. Arrive at the entrance at 748 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, D.C. for the symposium on May 4, 2017. May 4 Program 8:30am - 9:15am Registration and light French breakfast in Decatur House9:15am - 9:30am Break and transition to Carriage House9:30am - 9:45am WelcomeThe Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., Chairman of
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The White House and the Press
Read Digital EditionForeword: William SealeThe President, the Press, and Proximity: The Creation of the White House Press Center, James A. JacobsBeyond the Press Room: Reporting from the White House Grounds Photo EssayThe White House Remembered: Volume 2, Recollections by Presidents George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton, Edited by Hugh SideyLincoln in His Shop: How a President Opened His Doors
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Presidential Journeys
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealePresident Grover Cleveland's Goodwill Tour of 1887, John H. White Jr."Off for the Ditch": Theodore and Edith Roosevelt Visit Panama in 1906, Catherine ForslundMotor Cars Come to the White House, Hillary MannionThe Presidents and the National Parks, Gary ScottA White House Exhibit on the National Parks, Lydia Tederick"A Journey into Nowhere": The Redirected Vacation of
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White House Kitchens & Cooking
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeKitchen Past: Thoughts on Open Hearth Cooking for the Presidents, Alice RossA Look at the White House Kitchens, Lydia Barker TederickMy White House Years, Roland MesnierPreparation of the Menu for the Prince of Wales Dinner in 2005, Cristeta ComerfordWhite House Wines, Daniel ShanksHome Cooking in the White House, Barbara HaberA Bit of Architectural History Comes In from