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The Historic Stephen Decatur House
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With the prize money he received from his naval feats, Decatur purchased the entire city block on the northwest corner of today’s Lafayette Square. The Decaturs commissioned Benjamin Henry Latrobe, one of America’s first professional architects, to design and buil
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The White House Behind the Scenes
While the presidency is often in the eye of the public, those who ensure operations at the White House run smoothly on a day-to-day basis often carry out their work behind the scenes. Furthermore, some of the president's most intimate relationships play out behind the walls of the Executive Mansion. In this collection, pull back the curtain on some of
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2023 Presidential Sites Summit Schedule
Monday, September 25 12:00pm: Registration at the Mayflower Hotel 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: White House Reception Please join us for a White House Reception hosted by Dr. Biden. Introduction: John F.W. Rogers, Chairman, White House Historical Association Board of DirectorsRemarks: Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States Shuttles will depart the Mayflower Hotel at 2:30 pm. Following the reception, the shuttles wi
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Cheri Carter
Cheri Carter is the Vice President of Boeing Global Engagement (BGE), a position she assumed in October 2019. She is responsible for the development and execution of The Boeing Company’s charitable giving and employee volunteerism engagement strategies – directing programs and resources that impact key issues. She works across the Boeing enterprise to build positive relationships with organizations and communities in whic
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John F. W. Rogers
John F. W. Rogers is the White House Historical Association chairman of the board. Mr. Rogers is currently an executive vice president of Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, John Rogers was a senior fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University. Mr. Rogers served many years in the U.S. government as an under secretary of state, assistant
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Colleen Shogan
Colleen Shogan became the eleventh archivist of the United States in May 2023. Most recently, Dr. Shogan served as senior vice president and director of the David M. Rubenstein Center at the White House Historical Association. She previously worked in the United States Senate and as a senior executive at the Library of Congress. Dr. Shogan was the vice chair of
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Nancy Kegan Smith
Nancy Kegan Smith is the retired director of the Presidential Materials Division at the National Archives and Records Administration. Ms. Smith started her career in 1973 as an archivist at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, and retired in 2012 as director of the Presidential Materials Division in Washington, D.C., the division at National Archives and Records Administration
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Easter Egg Roll: The President's Own Comes Marching In
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
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Popular Culture in the White House Symposium Schedule
9:00-9:30am Light Breakfast 9:30am Welcome and Introduction John Rogers, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the White House Historical AssociationStewart McLaurin, President of White House Historical AssociationHannah Sommers, Associate Librarian for Researcher and Collections Services in the Library Collections and Services Group at the Library of Congress 9:45-10:45am The Presidency in Comics and Cartoons Moderator: Kevin Butterfield,
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Paul Sparrow
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