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White House Correspondents Association
The White House Historical Association holds a special partnership with the White House Correspondents Association based on their shared interest in the Executive Mansion and the history made within its walls. WHHA partners with the WCHA on a number of significant projects. Together, they co-host a biannual roundtable helping to educate new White House reporters on the history of the
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White House Horses
American presidents throughout history have appreciated the utility and admired the grandeur of the horse. The visual image of the hero elevated on horseback has been a constant presence in equestrian art and public sculpture throughout the world. George Washington regarded horses as a source of pardonable pride, and his warhorses were of great importance to him as loyal companions
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E. Frederic Morrow at the White House
E. Frederic Morrow was the first African American to serve in an executive position on a president’s staff at the White House. Morrow was a minister’s son who had graduated from Bowdoin College and was employed by the National Urban League and the NAACP before entering Army service during World War II. After the war, he obtained a law
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Our Mission: Supporting White House Preservation
The White House Historical Association continued its mission of supporting the preservation of State and public rooms of the White House through its funding of the refurbishment of the State Dining Room and Family Dining Room — a multi-year process that was completed in 2015.In the State Dining Room, the Association’s support included the repainting and glazing of the walls, new
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The White House and New York
Foreword: “Only in New York” by Marcia Mallet AndersonStreet Scenes: A New York Pedestrian’s Chance Encounters with Presidential History by Matt GreenBefore the White House: New York’s Capital Legacy by Thomas BalcerskiThe New York City Death and Burial of James Monroe by Scott HarrisMade in New York for the White House by William G. AllmanA Tiffany White House Interlud