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....
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Creator: Ralph E. W. Earl, 1830.
Emily Donelson was Andrew Jackson's favorite niece, and her husband was the President's private secretary. When Rachel Jackson died shortly before the inauguration, Emily, only twenty-one, was asked to be the White House hostess. Though young, she was an able mother and household manager.
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
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Biographies & Portraits
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