Tennessee in the White House
As he left the White House in 1869, President Andrew Johnson supposedly exclaimed that he could “already smell the sweet mountain ai...
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As he left the White House in 1869, President Andrew Johnson supposedly exclaimed that he could “already smell the sweet mountain ai...
“He is an organizer, a methodizer, a man of decision, a judge of values, and above all he knows the wo...
The national parks preceded the National Park Service, but the first great natural park was a state park. California’s Yo...
On April 23, 1932, Shakespeare-lovers from around the country flocked to Washington, D.C., to attend the dedication of the handsome new...
Since the creation of the American presidency, there have been presidential vacations. Early chief executives such as George Washington, John...
One of the principal goals that governed the architectural changes made to the White House in 1902 by McKim, Mead &...
American women did not yet possess the right to vote when Woodrow Wilson was elected to his first term in...
As any visitor to Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. will tell you, pigeons are a universal feature of the...
The history of the white house grounds begins nearly two centuries before the construction of the house itself. Sailing up...
The house in which the President of the United States lives has always had a great fascination for American citizens...
Few first ladies have been so attuned to the natural beauty inside and outside the White House as First Lady...
The annual White House Easter egg roll was a well-established tradition when President Herbert Hoover took office, and the Hoovers...