Collection Giving Thanks at the White House
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
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President-elect Abraham Lincoln stayed at the Willard prior to his inauguration. Thomas Nast sketched this scene in the lobby of Lincoln sitting before the fire.
Abraham Lincoln in Willard's Hotel in Washington, on the eve of his inauguration, sitting by the fireplace, friendless and solitary, holding newspaper; March 1861. Reproduction of drawing by Thomas Nast. Illustrated in: Agnes Rogers, Abraham Lincoln, 1939.
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
Baseball has been known as our national pastime and has links to the presidency as far back as the Abraham...
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Today, the celebration of Halloween conjures images of costumed trick-or-treaters, sweets, and jack-o'-lanterns; but there was a time when All...
In April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York City. Constitutional guidelines for inaugurations are sparse, offering...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
Authors The late LONELLE AIKMAN was the author of the first edition of The Living White House. Her other books...
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
9:30 - 11:30 am Behind-the-Scenes Excursion: Library of Congress Buses depart from Willard Hotel at 8:30 am Must be preregistered for this excursion 2:00...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
Read Digital EditionAbraham Lincoln's White House, Harold HolzerThe Other White House, William SealeThe White House and Lincoln's Assassination, Anthony S....