White House Music During the 1990s
President and Mrs. George Bush recognized music as a supreme American gesture, a vital symbol of American life as it...
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A view of the indoor swimming pool in the West Terrace in 1952 (left) and the press briefing room built over the pool as it appeared in 1974. (right)
President and Mrs. George Bush recognized music as a supreme American gesture, a vital symbol of American life as it...
So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...
The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room has been the on-grounds quarters for the White House correspondents and news photographers...
Throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, several major proposals were made to alleviate crowding at the White House...
While neither President nor Mrs. Eisenhower was especially knowledgeable in European classical music, they recognized the value of the music...
In our own time thoughts about “the West” have been rather vividly colored by popular culture imagery depicting the rugged indi...
In August 1814, British forces occupying the Chesapeake Bay began to sail up the Patuxent River in Maryland. Fearing an attack...
Special spaces at the White House are usually those created by the presidents for their own use while resident there....
A recent magazine article described the garden of the White House, “known as the President’s Park,” as covering 82 acres and en...
President Millard Fillmore and his family were particularly musical. Mrs. Fillmore, the former Abigail Powers, made certain the White House...
Social dancing was especially enjoyed during the terms of Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley and its popularity within the White...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...