Collection Women and the White House
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
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While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
Biographies & Portraits
For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the...
After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wanted her husband to be remembered through a national cu...
Curled up on the living room floor, eyes full of anticipation, I awaited the results of the 2012 presidential election. President...
Congress has always been tasked with appropriating funds for the care, repair, refurnishing and maintenance of the White House and...
Simmie Knox
The White House Historical Association (WHHA) offers many different resources for students working on National History Day projects.
AuthorsJAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and the State University of New York’s Museum St...
June 28, 1957: President Dwight D. Eisenhower - Islamic Center of WashingtonPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower's Remarks at Ceremonies Opening the Islamic CenterMr....