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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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Alice Roosevelt in the White House conservatory, 1902.
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
At age 43, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected to the presidency. Before his vibrant presidency was cut...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Biographies & Portraits
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Biographies & Portraits
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only army general elected president in the twentieth century. His achievements were many — he was an...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...