Podcast Our Work and Recent Events: A Q&A with David M. Rubenstein
In this special episode of The 1600 Sessions, financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein interviews White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin...
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Have you ever wondered...
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower decorated the White House for Halloween for the first time in 1958. She hosted a lunch for the wives of staff members in the State Dining Room of the White House.
In this special episode of The 1600 Sessions, financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein interviews White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pat Nixon entering the White House as First Lady. Through hard work and...
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only army general elected president in the twentieth century. His achievements were many — he was an...
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NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
Luncheon PresentersRandolph ChurchillRandolph Churchill was born shortly before the death of his great-grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill, in January 1965. After attending...
April 29, 1876 – President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation protecting the public turf and grounds of the U.S. Capitol; egg rolling wa...
Foreword, William SealeThe Style of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: Fashion and Frugality in Times of Depression and War, Morgan BlattenbergThe...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeDwight David Eisenhower: The First Television President, Martha Joynt Kumar"She's Making Maturity Glamorous": Mamie...
December 6, 1927: Governor General Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon — Canada’s governor general and wife Marie arrived at Union Station and...
"Largely through television," notes historian William Seale, the White House "is the best known house in the world, the instantly...