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The White House Historical Association joins the nation in its remembrance of First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the grace, compassion, and leadership she brought to her role as first lady of the United States. Beginning, Monday, November 20, 2023 at 7:30AM, an official condolence book for First Lady Rosalynn Carter will be available for the public to sign at the White House
The White House Historical Association today released the 71st issue of its award-winning magazine, White House History Quarterly, “The White House and the Sea.” With this issue of the Quarterly we follow America’s presidents to sea, where so many chapters of White House history have been written. The presidents have sought peace at sea, relaxed, dined, and celebrated at sea, a
James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924, in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia, about 150 miles south of Atlanta. His father, James Sr., was a businessman and farmer. His mother, known to the nation as Miss Lillian during her son’s presidency, was a nurse who served as a Peace Corps volunteer after her children were grown and wr
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeWhere Oh Where Should the Capital Be? The Seat of Government in an Expanding Nation, Richard W. Stephenson, Introduction by Robert GroggDetermining Where the White House Must Stand, William SealeRomantic Expansions: Looking West from the White House, Estill Curtis PenningtonPresident Thomas Jefferson's White House Museum, Painting by Peter WaddellAn Eloquent Visitor from the Great Plains:
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeWhen Did the White House Become "The White House"?, Donald R. HickeyCongress to the White House: Contrasting Journeys, Richard F. GrimmettPresident McKinley and the Making of the Gold Standard, Annette B. DunlapRemembrance: The Ficklin Family in Service at the White House, Alan DeValerioCaroline Harrison's China Painting: The First Lady as Artist, Lauren Zook McGwinReflections: Remembering First
Foreword: A Journey Through White House Time by Marcia Mallet Anderson "The Man Who Kept the Presidency on Time": Johnny Muffler's Fifty-Four Years with the White House Clocks by Elyse Werling Lighthouse Clock, Simon Willard & Son, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1825 by William G. AllmanThe Bathtub Hoax and Other Memorable Times in the History of White House Plumbing by Danny HeitmanMarble
Eleven years after the Easter Monday egg rolling festivities came to the White House, President Benjamin Harrison scored a hit by adding music to the affair. In 1889, he had the United States Marine Band, known as "The President's Own," play lively tunes while the children romped on the South Lawn. John Philip Sousa, who directed the band, took delight in
