Collection Weddings and the White House
From First Lady Dolley Madison's sister Lucy Payne Washington's wedding in 1812 to the nuptials of President Joseph Biden and First...
Main Content
About this Video
Join us in learning more about White House History right from your own home. Our Facebook Live series, White House History Live, delves into the stories that make up the history of the Executive Mansion.
Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein Center Colleen Shogan and Author Andrew Cohen will discuss Cohen's book, "Two Days in June", which chronicles two momentous days in 1963 within the Kennedy White House.
Purchase your copy of the book "Two Days in June" here.
From First Lady Dolley Madison's sister Lucy Payne Washington's wedding in 1812 to the nuptials of President Joseph Biden and First...
Philanthropist, stylemaker, and renowned gardener Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon was not formally trained as a horticulturist or landscape designer. However, her...
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was the driving force behind a brilliant act of cultural diplomacy: bringing Leonardo Da Vinci’s ma...
On January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the thirty-seventh president of the United States. During his time in the White...
Mark K. Updegrove shares new historical perspectives on the Kennedy presidency from his recent book, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the...
On November 22, 1963, about two hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson took the...
After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wanted her husband to be remembered through a national cu...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
Biographies & Portraits