Podcast St. John’s, the Church of the Presidents
Since the James Madison presidency, St. John’s Church has been an important part of the life of Lafayette Square an...
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"Poultry King" Horace Vose supplied the White House with Holiday Turkeys from 1873 until his death in 1913.
Since the James Madison presidency, St. John’s Church has been an important part of the life of Lafayette Square an...
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
White House Visitor Center Flagship Store 1450 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006. (Adjacent to the White House between 14th and 15...
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...
Families taking up residence at the White House since the Theodore Roosevelt administration have encountered the public's insatiable appetite for...
Animals -- whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays -- have long been a major part of...
Horace Vose (1840-1913) the Poultry King from Westerly on Rhode Islands southwestern shore, was a national figure in the late 19...
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeAnimal Fantasies and Fables in Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks, Jonathan GrossButterflies in Art and Flight at...
December 6, 1927: Governor General Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon — Canada’s governor general and wife Marie arrived at Union Station and...
The White House Historical Association Offices740 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006For mailing please use: P.O. Box 27624 Washington,...
First families received turkeys as gifts long before the 1920s. Horace Vose, the “Poultry King” of southwestern Rhode Island, first sent...
The official "pardoning" of White House turkeys is an interesting White House tradition that has captured the imagination of the...