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AuthorsJAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and the State University of New York’s Museum St...
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AuthorsJAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and the State University of New York’s Museum St...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
As part of the White House Historical Association’s 60th anniversary celebration in 2021, the Next-Gen Leaders (NGL) initiative was announced. Th...
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Congress has always been tasked with appropriating funds for the care, repair, refurnishing and maintenance of the White House and...
Families taking up residence at the White House since the Theodore Roosevelt administration have encountered the public's insatiable appetite for...
The white marble walls of the Ground Floor corridor complement the vaulted ceiling arching gracefully overhead. Architect James Hoban installed...
The White House Historical Association commissions the official White House Christmas ornament each year. This is the 35th ornament in...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
Before the twentieth century, the presidents' vehicles were not armored-plated or specially built. Their carriages were similar to those of...
Read Digital VersionDeath and the President's House, William Seale "First in War, First in Peace," and First in Death: A...
In the summer of 1923, President Warren G. Harding faced many challenges. Numerous allegations of his administration’s mis-dealings swirled about in...