Collection Weddings and the White House
From First Lady Dolley Madison's sister Lucy Payne Washington's wedding in 1812 to the nuptials of President Joseph Biden and First...
Main Content
Luci Johnson and Patrick Nugent were married at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC and enjoyed their reception in the White House. They are pictured here cutting their eight-foot tall wedding cake in the East Room. When Luci tossed her bouquet at the reception, her sister Lynda caught it. Lynda was married a year later in the White House to Charles Robb.
From First Lady Dolley Madison's sister Lucy Payne Washington's wedding in 1812 to the nuptials of President Joseph Biden and First...
On January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the thirty-seventh president of the United States. During his time in the White...
On November 22, 1963, about two hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson took the...
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have demonstrated a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
Biographies & Portraits
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
Biographies & Portraits
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
Throughout its history, the White House has hosted not only important ceremonies of state, but also more personal, family ceremonies,...
At age 43, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected to the presidency. Before his vibrant presidency was cut...