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...
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Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...
Few people today know the story of a Sicilian-born sailor named Salvadore Catalano who became an early American naval hero....
The annual White House Easter egg roll was a well-established tradition when President Herbert Hoover took office, and the Hoovers...
In May 1865, at the close of hostilities, a Grand Review throughout Washington, D.C., exhibited parading Union troops from the...
Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, on December 28, 1856. He was the third of four children of Janet Woodrow and...
The United States remained neutral during the early years of World War I, from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914,...
On April 2, 1814 British Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane issued a proclamation stating that "all persons who may be disposed" to escape...
The first known image of the White House was a daguerreotype taken in 1846, during the administration of President James K....
“Quentin’s mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some...
Today, Lafayette Park sits just north of the White House, enclosed by H Street NW (north), Madison Place (east), Pennsylvania...
When the White House gates open at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 13th, thousands of people will stream through for the...
Throughout the history of the United States, all the nation’s presidents have been Christians.1 In modern times, to celebrate th...