A Former White House Slave on the Underground Railroad
First published in 1872, William Still’s The Underground Rail Road drew on the author’s personal experience working with the Penn...
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This portrait of George Washington was painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1776, shortly before the Second Continental Congress convened and issued the Declaration of Independence. Washington wears the light blue sash of Commander in Chief, a commission he received in June 1775. Peale painted a total of seven portraits of Washington that spanned two decades of his life, dating from his colonial military career in 1772 to the later years of his presidency in 1795. Washington served as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The first president was in office from April 30, 1789 until March 4, 1797.
First published in 1872, William Still’s The Underground Rail Road drew on the author’s personal experience working with the Penn...
The White House Historical Association's Official 2019 White House Christmas Ornament honors Dwight D. Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth president of the United...
The White House Historical Association has announced the Official 2019 White House Christmas Ornament honoring the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower....
The White House Historical Association’s 2019 Official White House Christmas Ornament honors Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth president of the United St...
Just across Lafayette Square from the White House, the Stephen Decatur House, completed in 1819, is one of the oldest homes...
The Eisenhower Family Home is located in the heart of the Midwest—Abilene, Kansas—and is part of the complex know...
The only true response to art is to look with an eye like that of a child: unprejudiced, unbiased, clear,...
Painting was not something Eisenhower wanted to be good at or, perhaps, thought he could be good at. Stephens sent...
Today, the White House Historical Association has released the third edition of its publication Art in the White House by...
James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright,...
January 31, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) — The White House Historical Association and David M. Rubenstein, in partnership with Greenlee School of Journalism an...
Although President Thomas Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves in his lifetime, he brought only a handful with him to the...