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What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
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The Minneapolis Journal, on October 26, 1903, labeled White House servants as “just plain Americans” and portrayed them dressed as Uncle Sam by direction of Theodore Roosevelt. Ironically, the servants look even more American beside two carefully groomed European guests.
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
Biographies & Portraits
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have demonstrated a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
James Archer AbbottJames Archer Abbott currently serves as the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. A...
2020Washington Post, ""Melania Trump announces the White House Rose Garden will be revamped, a throwback to the Kennedy era""Associated...
Luncheon PresentersRandolph ChurchillRandolph Churchill was born shortly before the death of his great-grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill, in January 1965. After attending...
Jim AdamsJim Adams has been gardening in Washington, D.C., for over 25 years. His D.C. career began at the...