In James Buchanan’s Time
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeJames Buchanan's White House Hostess: The Celebrated Harriet Lane, Pamela KilianGuest of the Nation: The Japanese...
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President James Buchanan’s niece and White House hostess Harriet Lane (1830-1903), c. 1860.
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeJames Buchanan's White House Hostess: The Celebrated Harriet Lane, Pamela KilianGuest of the Nation: The Japanese...
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Tall, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only president who never...
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Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...