Collection The Decatur House Slave Quarters
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
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Portrait of Oscar DePriest outside the Capitol, 1929. Oscar S. DePriest, described as being six feet tall, weighing 200 pounds, having a light complexion, sandy hair and blue eyes, represented more than the First District of Illinois from 1929 to 1934 from which he had been elected. He became the only voice in Congress for twelve million black Americans. He had a commanding presence in this portrait taken in front of the Capitol where he fought the battles for racial equality and justice.
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of...
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
As a public and digital historian, my work explores how and why groups and individuals reimagine the spaces around them...
Decatur House 8:00-8:45am Light Breakfast 8:45-9:00am Transition to the Carriage House 9:00-9:15am Welcome Stewart McLaurin, President, The...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
The White House Historical Association, chartered in 1961, is a nonprofit historical and educational organization that plays a vital role in...
President Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder who brought a large household of slave domestics with him from Tennessee to the...
David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and mo...
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...