Podcast Founding the White House Historical Association
The White House Historical Association has been preserving and sharing White House history since its founding by First Lady Jacqueline...
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The White House Historical Association has been preserving and sharing White House history since its founding by First Lady Jacqueline...
The White House Historical Association is making history come alive in new and interesting ways. Stewart McLaurin hosts a roundtable...
Americans are familiar with the ceremonies of Inauguration Day, when a new President takes the oath of office at the...
The burning of the White House by the British in 1814 during James Madison's presidency represented a low point in our...
The National Archives has been collecting records of the United States since 1934. It holds billions of documents, photographs, and objects...
Spring is a special time in our nation’s capital, when cherry blossoms bloom and the White House garden comes al...
Portrait artists have captured the image and personality of our presidents throughout history, providing a record of their time in...
Baseball has been known as our national pastime and has links to the presidency as far back as the Abraham...
It was President Thomas Jefferson who first established the traditions of a Fourth of July celebration at the White House....
For two hundred years, Decatur House has stood as a near neighbor to the White House across Lafayette Square. Stewart...
On July 11, 1798, Congress passed legislation that created the United States Marine Corps and the Marine Band, America's oldest professional musical...
The history of the White House appears in unexpected places, from trivia questions at Major League Baseball games to archival...