Sharing White House History about Abraham Lincoln
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
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The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
President Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder who brought a large household of slave domestics with him from Tennessee to the...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times...
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
TEACHER'S TEXTIn a democracy, the people speak at the ballot box. Their votes send a message to representatives at all...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
Animals -- whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays -- have long been a major part of...