You Might Also Like

• White House Gingerbread: Holiday Traditions

  The holiday season at the White House is celebrated with an array of annual traditions, glittering holiday décor, fresh p...

• The Presidential Sweet Tooth

  As the holidays approach, thoughts inevitably turn to sugar plums, gingerbread, and all of the other delectable treats that season...

• 

  A Coolidge Christmas

  In 1923 holiday anticipation grew among Washington residents, especially among the First Family. President Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge awaited...

• Steve Vasilakes, the White House's Peanut Man

  Nicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot pean...

• Presidents' Day at the White House

  Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...

• A History of White House Flowers and Florists

  April showers might bring May flowers, but White House florists keep the executive mansion in bloom year round. Today the...

• Monuments to the American Revolution in Lafayette Park

  In 1853, Clark Mills’ statue of President Andrew Jackson on horseback is in the center of Lafayette Park. The park’s four...

• 

  President Herbert Hoover and Baseball

  When people think of President Herbert Hoover and baseball, many recall the famous story from 1930, when Babe Ruth signed a...

• Hoover Easter Egg Rolls

  The annual White House Easter egg roll was a well-established tradition when President Herbert Hoover took office, and the Hoovers...

• Fall Foliage at the White House

  Throughout the history of the White House and the grounds surrounding it, visitors have commented on the trees and foliage...

• Secret Service and the Presidents

  Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service...

• Nell Arthur's Memorial Window

  Stained glass, a medieval art, was revisited in the historically retrospective nineteenth century. The art was a prominent feature of...