Collection Presidential Retreats
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
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President Barack Obama looks down the fairway while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club near Lobsterville Beach during his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Aug. 27, 2009.
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
No sport is more closely tied to the American presidency than baseball. One of Washington’s first baseball fields was lo...
The White House tennis court, first built in 1902 behind the West wing, was moved to the west side of the...
Leaving the White House during the summer is an old tradition of the presidents. Those with farms, such as Dwight...
Throughout the history of the presidency, a president’s clothing choices have been influenced by a number of factors. Personal ba...
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, 100 miles from Washington, Camp Rapidan served President Herbert Hoover and First Lady...
The first vacations of President Calvin Coolidge were not very different from those of past presidents. Many commanders in chief...
Music has been an essential part of life in the White House from the earliest days of our nation, not...
Since the creation of the American presidency, there have been presidential vacations. Early chief executives such as George Washington, John...
President Taft, a frequent theater goer, was seated in his box at the National Theatre with his aide Archibald Butt,...
President Richard M. Nixon was the first sitting president to attend the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 1969. In his party that...
In June 2001, President Bush proclaimed the month of June, “Black Music Month,” encouraging “all Americans to learn more about the contri...