Collection Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day"
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
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This invitation to dine at the White House with the President and Mrs. Lincoln on February 4, 1863 is a traditional presidential engraved invitation blank filled out in ink.
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have displayed a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
On July 11, 1798, President John Adams approved legislation that officially brought "The President's Own" United States Marine Band into being, making...
First Lady Helen Taft loved entertaining and White House hospitality during the Taft administration centered on the dining table, where...
President Richard Nixon appreciated the cultural significance of music and how its composition encouraged creativity and self-reflection. In his memoirs...
1790sBefore the White House was completed in 1800, President George Washington and his wife Martha lived first in New York City,...
During its first two centuries, the Marine Band has had 26 Directors. Each leader has contributed to the recognition and appreciation...
A long and distinguished association with the presidency has honored the Marine Band. There is a sense of family among...
As the war in Europe cast its shadow over the capital’s social life, White House entertaining diminished. But one ev...
During the administrations of John Tyler, James Knox Polk and Zachary Taylor, guest performers entertained at the White House with...
The Roosevelts loved to entertain. During their thirteen-year stay in the White House, they used the mansion's grand setting to...