White House History Weekly: Lafayette Park Waysides

The White House Historical Association, in partnership with the National Park Service, installed historical markers in Lafayette Square recount the history of the involvement of enslaved labor in the construction of the White House, the preservation and commemoration of the White House and Lafayette Square – including Jacqueline Kennedy’s actions to save the neighborhood from development – and the history of Lafayette Square as a site for demonstrations and protests. These markers, located at the north entrance of the park, along H Street, feature a recorded audio component, voiced by Royce L. Dickerson, member of the National Black MBA Association and current MBA candidate at Manderson Graduate School of Business, and Hilary West, the Executive Director for Federal Government Relations at JPMorgan Chase and Co. President Stewart McLaurin, talks with both Dickerson and West in this episode of White House History Weekly.