Collection State Dinners
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
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This is a photograph of President Harry S. Truman during a press conference in the garden of the "Little White House" in Key West, Florida.
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
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 White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
The year 2020 has embodied a timeline of uncertainty and tension across not only the United States, but the world as...
The White House Historical Association is a nonprofit educational association founded in 1961 for the purpose of enhancing the understanding, appreciation,...
The origin of the "American Presidents" by Genevieve Ryan Bellaire is somewhat unique. One year, Genevieve's father asked her to...
Read Digital VersionForeword, William SealeFrom the White House to the Piedmont and Back: Theodore Roosevelt’s Intrepid Ride, Clifford KrainikFinding th...
October 6, 1979 - Pope John Paul II: Pope John Paul arrives at 1:43 p.m. in an open-topped limousine. He smiled and...
David Bobb is a nationally recognized leader in civic education, having worked for 25 years at the intersection of civic engagement...