The Airborne Ambassador
Eighteen years ago when the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was dedicated, President Reagan expressed his dream that it would bring...
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Eighteen years ago when the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was dedicated, President Reagan expressed his dream that it would bring...
President’s Park is approximately 80 acres of urban landscape surrounding the White House. A fence encloses the house, providing 18 acres of...
Prior to President and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Panama in 1906, no American president had set foot outside the co...
The national parks preceded the National Park Service, but the first great natural park was a state park. California’s Yo...
In the early months of 1914, reporters who regularly covered the White House became alarmed at rumors that the Congressional Standing...
In 1902, the executive offices were moved from the second floor of the White House to the newly erected Executive Office...
During the 1920s, press conferences emerged as a main form of presidential communication with the American people. Warren G. Harding...
When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president, the modern period of president-press relations began. FDR held long and informal press conferences...
In 1945, Harry S. Truman proposed a major West Wing expansion that would add a studio and auditorium for press briefings....
President Richard M. Nixon was the first sitting president to attend the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 1969. In his party that...
On July 12, 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president in office to employ a helicopter in his transportation service. This...
In June 2001, President Bush proclaimed the month of June, “Black Music Month,” encouraging “all Americans to learn more about the contri...