Collection The 2016 White House Christmas Ornament
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
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President Herbert Hoover was an avid baseball fan from his early days of playing shortstop at Stanford University. As president, he attended all four Senators home openers from 1929-1932. He also travelled to Philadelphia to watch the Athletics in the 1929, 1930 and 1931 World Series. During his lengthy retirement, Hoover enjoyed rooting for the Dodgers and Yankees from his home in New York City.
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Baseball has been known as our national pastime and has links to the presidency as far back as the Abraham...
No sport is more closely tied to the American presidency than baseball. One of Washington’s first baseball fields was lo...
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
White House and American baseball history have been intertwined for more than a century, creating a legacy of presidential fans,...
Biographies & Portraits
Although the presidency is an often all-consuming job, many presidents have found solace in their various hobbies and pastimes. When...
The history of the White House appears in unexpected places, from trivia questions at Major League Baseball games to archival...
Kathryn Cramer Brownell
The origin of the "American Presidents" by Genevieve Ryan Bellaire is somewhat unique. One year, Genevieve's father asked her to...
Since joining the White House Historical Association in 2014, Stewart McLaurin has had been published a number of times. Topics range...
As part of the White House Historical Association’s 60th anniversary celebration in 2021, the Next-Gen Leaders (NGL) initiative was announced. Th...