Presidents' Day at the White House
Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...
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Created c. 1909.
President Taft with his son, Charlie Taft, and daughter, Helen Taft pose for this photograph on horseback. While President and Mrs. Taft were at the White House, their son Robert (not pictured) attended Yale University and Helen attended Bryn Mawr College. Charlie was eleven years old.
Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, 100 miles from Washington, Camp Rapidan served President Herbert Hoover and First Lady...
In 1923 holiday anticipation grew among Washington residents, especially among the First Family. President Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge awaited...
First families received turkeys as gifts long before the 1920s. Horace Vose, the “Poultry King” of southwestern Rhode Island, first sent...
Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service...
The United States remained neutral during the early years of World War I, from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914,...
Many presidents have used ships for both relaxation and diplomacy. From fishing to meetings with foreign dignitaries, water travel provides...
The White House has many holiday traditions, some of which are historic and others more recent. New arrivals to the...
Tucked away on the South Lawn, behind a tall hedge of hollies, is the White House Children’s Garden, a sp...
“I can do one of two things, I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice. I...
On June 11, 1945, nearly two months into his presidency, Harry Truman wrote to his daughter Margaret: “you evidently are just finding ou...
Nellie Arthur, daughter of President Chester Arthur, did not like the White House when she first took residence there in 1881....