Collection The 2018 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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This photograph taken by Paul Begley shows President Harry S. Truman with his Secret Service detail walking in Key West, Florida, in March, 1950. The presidential yacht Williamsburg can be seen in the background.
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
The origin of the "American Presidents" by Genevieve Ryan Bellaire is somewhat unique. One year, Genevieve's father asked her to...
AuthorsJAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and the State University of New York’s Museum St...
Read Digital VersionForeword, William SealeFrom the White House to the Piedmont and Back: Theodore Roosevelt’s Intrepid Ride, Clifford KrainikFinding th...
2022 2022 American Best Book Award Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration and Its Legacy, Finalist, Best Cover Design: Nonfiction How...
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...