The Butler's Role at a State Dinner with Royal Visitors
Prior to the 1939 visit of the queen and king of England, Eleanor Roosevelt received a State Department memorandum, listing various...
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Prior to the 1939 visit of the queen and king of England, Eleanor Roosevelt received a State Department memorandum, listing various...
A group of physicians and surgeons meeting in Washington 1891 was treated to a reception at the White House on the...
The origin of the "American Presidents" by Genevieve Madeline Ryan is somewhat unique. One year, Genevieve's father asked her to...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
For most of the 19th century, the structure of the White House staff remained generally the same. At the top...
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
Before the twentieth century, the presidents' vehicles were not armored-plated or specially built. Their carriages were similar to those of...
John Quincy Adams hired Antoine Michel Giusta as his valet after they met in Belgium in 1814. Giusta was a deserter...
Son of a Quaker blacksmith, Herbert Clark Hoover brought to the presidency a luminous reputation as an engineer, administrator, and...
Jane Appleton was born on March 12, 1806. Following the death of her father, Reverend Jesse Appleton, a Congregationalist minister and president...