Collection Presidents & Baseball
No sport is more closely tied to the American presidency than baseball. One of Washington’s first baseball fields was lo...
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Presidential yacht USS Mayflower, pictured in 1909.
No sport is more closely tied to the American presidency than baseball. One of Washington’s first baseball fields was lo...
Camp David has provided presidents and their families with a recreational retreat from the White House, as well as a...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
When I came to Iowa State, I had no idea what it meant to be a journalist. My idea of...
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
2023 2023 Best Book Awards Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection, Finalist, Art Life in the White House, Finalist, History:...
As part of the White House Historical Association’s 60th anniversary celebration in 2021, the Next-Gen Leaders (NGL) initiative was announced. Th...
Authors JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is currently the executive director at Wright’s Ferry Mansion in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Abbott has served as...
In the early decades of the republic a president's wife, like other wives, seldom displayed her private life to the...
After the Civil War, the nation's capital became a magnet for foreign diplomats and people who had made fortunes in...
Many modern presidents have had a casual interest in horseback riding, particularly as a vacation sport. However, no modern president...
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents...