Sharing White House History about Abraham Lincoln
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Main Content
The assassination of President Lincoln as illustrated in publications of the day. This print, showing John Wilkes Booth's leap from the box was less familiar, but also printed for a public hungry for illustration of the event.
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Abraham Lincoln warned the South in his first Inaugural Address, “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mi...
In April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York City. Constitutional guidelines for inaugurations are sparse, offering...
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
Baseball has been known as our national pastime and has links to the presidency as far back as the Abraham...
Biographies & Portraits
Today, the celebration of Halloween conjures images of costumed trick-or-treaters, sweets, and jack-o'-lanterns; but there was a time when All...
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...
Authors The late LONELLE AIKMAN was the author of the first edition of The Living White House. Her other books...
WILLIAM ADAIR is a frame historian, conservator, and gilder in Washington, D.C. (WHH #54) WILLIAM G. ALLMAN served more than...
9:30 - 11:30 am Behind-the-Scenes Excursion: Library of Congress Buses depart from Willard Hotel at 8:30 am Must be preregistered for this excursion 2:00...