Collection Giving Thanks at the White House
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
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President and Mrs. Clinton participate in a Menorah lighting ceremony in the Oval Office. December 2000.
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
The holiday season at the White House is celebrated with an abundance of glittering décor, decadent desserts, and fresh p...
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
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...
It was President Thomas Jefferson who first established the traditions of a Fourth of July celebration at the White House....
Today, the celebration of Halloween conjures images of costumed trick-or-treaters, sweets, and jack-o'-lanterns; but there was a time when All...
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....
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