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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A photograph of Elizabeth Keckley, circa 1861.
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
As a public and digital historian, my work explores how and why groups and individuals reimagine the spaces around them...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
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...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
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...
The White House Historical Association, chartered in 1961, is a nonprofit historical and educational organization that plays a vital role in...