Equestrian Sports & Leisure Pursuits
Many modern presidents have had a casual interest in horseback riding, particularly as a vacation sport. However, no modern president...
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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...
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
Claudia Alta Taylor, whose nursemaid thought her charge “purty as a lady bird,” became one of the nation’s earliest voices...
The centennial of President Washington’s inauguration heightened the nation’s interest in its past, and in 1890 Caroline Scott Harrison lent...
Sixty miles outside of Washington, D.C. is a rustic wilderness retreat that serves presidents and first families as a...
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
The nineteenth century might be called the golden age of the horse. Horsepower pulled plow, canal boat, and wagon to...
Many presidents have enjoyed the sport of fishing. This pastime provides an opportunity to relax or to enjoy the sportsman’s...
President Richard M. Nixon was the first sitting president to attend the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 1969. In his party that...
The primary Easter Monday entertainment at the White House has always involved egg rolling. Participants roll dyed, hard-boiled eggs across...
Leaving the White House during the summer is an old tradition of the presidents. Those with farms, such as Dwight...