Collection The 2020 White House Christmas Ornament
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Ellen Louis Herndon Arthur
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- Library of Congress
Ellen Louis Herndon Arthur
Photograph of Ellen Louis Herndon Arthur. Ellen Louis Herndon Arthur grew up in Washington and as a little girl knew Dolley Madison. She died of pneumonia in 1880, and a grieving President Arthur inhabited the White House with their two children, Alan, 17, and Nell, ten.
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