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An American Icon

Savior of American portraiture, server of ice cream, dual term first lady and mentor of White House hostesses: all of...
Foreword; White House History Number 33

Further pursuing our interest in the neighborhood context of the White House, as well as the presidential complex itself, this...
Fourth of July Celebrations at the White House in the 19th Century

The People's House: Although John Adams was the first to occupy the Executive Mansion in November 1800, it was Thomas Jefferson...
The Working White House: Witness to History

White House workers’ memoirs abound with recollections of significant international and national events and episodes. As they go about their da...
Introduction: Where Oh Where Should the Capital Be?

So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...
Hoover Easter Egg Rolls

The annual White House Easter egg roll was a well-established tradition when President Herbert Hoover took office, and the Hoovers...
"He Stands for All the Fallen"

“Quentin’s mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some...
The American Protective League and White House Security During World War One

The United States remained neutral during the early years of World War I, from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914,...
Capturing History

The first known image of the White House was a daguerreotype taken in 1846, during the administration of President James K....
Foreword; White House History (Number 35)

This number of White House History recalls the burning of the White House, which took place in 1814, two hundred years...
Civil War Veterans Visit the White House

In May 1865, at the close of hostilities, a Grand Review throughout Washington, D.C., exhibited parading Union troops from the...
Rescue of the Papers of State During the Burning of Washington

In August 1814, British forces occupying the Chesapeake Bay began to sail up the Patuxent River in Maryland. Fearing an attack...