First Ladies' Private Lives
In the early decades of the republic a president's wife, like other wives, seldom displayed her private life to the...
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In the early decades of the republic a president's wife, like other wives, seldom displayed her private life to the...
Kenneth T. Walsh is a writer and analyst for U.S. News & World Report specializing in the White House...
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeThe Private Villa Retreat of Thomas Jefferson, Travis McDonaldThe Soldiers' Home: First Presidential Retreat, William SealeThe...
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents...
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Many modern presidents have had a casual interest in horseback riding, particularly as a vacation sport. However, no modern president...
After the Civil War, the nation's capital became a magnet for foreign diplomats and people who had made fortunes in...
“Secret president,” “first woman to the woman to run the government”—some historians have labeled a first lady whose role gained unu...
Gerald Ford was an avid swimmer, swimming twice a day in his backyard pool in Alexandria, Virginia. When President Ford...
Social dancing was especially enjoyed during the terms of Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley and its popularity within the White...