Collection Truman White House 1945 - 1953
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
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Creator: Pete Souza.
President Barack Obama signs H.R. 205, the HEARTH Act of 2012, in the Oval Office, July 30, 2012. Standing behind the President, from left, are: Bryan Newland, Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of the Interior; Governor Randall Vicente, Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico; David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Jefferson Keel, President of the National Congress of American Indians; Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.; Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii; interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Cheryl Causley, Chairperson of the National American Indian Housing Council; Governor Gregory Mendoza, Gila River Indian Community of Arizona; and Del Laverdure, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
Biographies & Portraits
“Each of us also comes here tonight," Michelle Obama told the Democratic National Convention in 2008, "by our own improbable journey” and...
When Richard Nixon was elected in 1968, he declared that his goal was "to bring the American people together." The nation...
During the 1992 presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton observed, "Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are...
Bill Clinton could fairly claim that his presidency had been among the most successful in modern times. He presided over...
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of t...
The first really grand White House wedding was Nellie Grant’s. For this President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant had th...
From its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth and into the early twentieth century, the historic preservation movement in the United States...
Following the close of World War II, Japan and the United States developed a close alliance and strategic and trade...
During the 19th century Washington’s infamous summer heat and humidity presented challenges to presidents and their families. In that pr...
The White House tennis court, first built in 1902 behind the West wing, was moved to the west side of the...