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Lafayette Square in the 19th century was the epicenter of political, social and civic activity in Washington, D.C. Originally...
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Pages from the St. John's Church Baptism Register showing African American babies.
Lafayette Square in the 19th century was the epicenter of political, social and civic activity in Washington, D.C. Originally...
Few people know the story of a brave woman named Charlotte Dupuy who was enslaved in Decatur House, the large...
Stained glass, a medieval art, was revisited in the historically retrospective nineteenth century. The art was a prominent feature of...
The Dolley Madison House, a yellow structure on the corner of H Street and Madison Place in “The President’s Neig...
Paul Jennings was born in 1799 at Montpelier, the Virginia estate of James and Dolley Madison. His mother, a slave of...
When David Baillie Warden remarked in 1816 that “it was originally proposed to form a communication between the [executive departmental] offices an...
Eugene Allen served in the White House for 34 years. Assisting eight presidents, Allen’s top priority was to make the Wh...
Throughout the history of the presidency, a president’s clothing choices have been influenced by a number of factors. Personal ba...
The New Years’ Day reception became a White House tradition with President John Adams in 1801 and ended with President Herbert Ho...
A recent magazine article described the garden of the White House, “known as the President’s Park,” as covering 82 acres and en...
Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) considered herself a resident of Washington, D.C. and took an active part in the city's life...
The occupational culture and management of the 19th-century White House reflected the social climate and ethnic composition of Washington, D....