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The Franklin D. Roosevelts and friends start a trail ride at the "Little White House" in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1938. President Roosevelt continued to ride despite the paralysis in his legs.
Biographies & Portraits
Whether by hoof, air, waterway, road, or rail, the President’s access to reliable transportation is essential during their time in...
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an "egg roll" party. Held on the South...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Assuming the presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in...
Abraham Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine,...
Son of a Quaker blacksmith, Herbert Clark Hoover brought to the presidency a luminous reputation as an engineer, administrator, and...
Before his nomination, Warren G. Harding declared, "America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not...