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Social functions at the Ulysses S. Grant White House attracted so many visitors that the Red, Blue, and Green parlors...
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Social functions at the Ulysses S. Grant White House attracted so many visitors that the Red, Blue, and Green parlors...
During the 19th century Washington’s infamous summer heat and humidity presented challenges to presidents and their families. In that pr...
What are the responsibilities of the social secretary?The social secretary works with the first lady in the overall planning,...
Eighteen years ago when the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was dedicated, President Reagan expressed his dream that it would bring...
1953: President Truman's last speech as president.
1929: Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a telephone installed on his desk on March 27. A fire on Christmas...
The Kennedy White House and the PressSince Woodrow Wilson held the first presidential press conference in March 1913, all sixteen of...
On a July afternoon in 1902, Theodore Roosevelt exchanged the sizzle of a Washington summer for the ocean breezes of Oyster...
On July 12, 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president in office to employ a helicopter in his transportation service. This...
Inventories of the tools in the stonecutting sheds suggest that some of the stone was sawed, a technique that bypassed...
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Press Secretary James C. Hagerty permitted radio, television and newspaper equipment to record coverage of news co...
When Thomas Jefferson entertained informally, he ordered five small serving stands to be placed at strategic points around the room....