Thanksgiving at the White House
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
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Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
Many modern presidents have had a casual interest in horseback riding, particularly as a vacation sport. However, no modern president...
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents...
Sixty miles outside of Washington, D.C. is a rustic wilderness retreat that serves presidents and first families as a...
The primary Easter Monday entertainment at the White House has always involved egg rolling. Participants roll dyed, hard-boiled eggs across...
On May 2, 1812, Captain Paul Cuffe arrived at the White House for a meeting with President James Madison.1 The internationally renowned...
On November 22, 1963, tragedy brought Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson to the White House and thrust her into the national spotlight. Following the...
Leaving the White House during the summer is an old tradition of the presidents. Those with farms, such as Dwight...
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
Many presidents have enjoyed the sport of fishing. This pastime provides an opportunity to relax or to enjoy the sportsman’s...
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, educator, and activist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.1 An...
Christmas of 1929 was a snowy season in the nation’s capital. President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover planned to...