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What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
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What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
Jill BidenJill Tracy Jacobs Biden was born on June 3, 1951, in Hammonton, New Jersey. Growing up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, she...
Historian Stacy A. Cordery is the author of four books, including New York Times bestselling biography Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth,...
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
“I can do one of two things, I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice. I...
The White House Historical Association has reset the following excerpt of Isabella Hagner’s typescript memoirs, now in the White Ho...
The White House celebrates many holiday traditions, some of which are historic and others more recent. New arrivals to the...
In 2009, White House neighbors on Lafayette Square shared a fascinating surprise. In October 2008, Decatur House, an historic property of the...
John Calvin Coolidge (he rapidly let go of "John") was born on the Fourth of July in 1872 to an old...
To Alexander Woollcott, the White House was the “best theatrical boarding house in Washington.” To his hostess, First Lady Eleanor Roos...
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a presidential proclamation, declaring the week of March 8, 1980 to be Women’s History Week. Eight ye...