Liberty: America's Dog
When the Fords moved into the White House in August 1974, they did not have a dog. However, the family’s tr...
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When the Fords moved into the White House in August 1974, they did not have a dog. However, the family’s tr...
The history of the white house grounds begins nearly two centuries before the construction of the house itself. Sailing up...
On December 13, 1941, six days after the “infamy” of Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill boarded the battleship Duke of York bound for Amer...
The 1936 Summer Olympics were unlike any other. In Berlin, Germany, under the shadow of Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, an...
Many people consider raccoons to be pests and nuisances. These nocturnal mammals are often found rummaging through trash cans, dumpsters,...
December 22, 1874: First State Dinner for a foreign head of state King David Kalakaua of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Hosted by...
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, educator, and activist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.1 An...
In 2005, The White House Historical Association released The White House Remembered,Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R....
In several ways, James Hoban’s life resembles the classic immigrant success story. Born to a modest family in County Ki...
Throughout the history of the White House and the grounds surrounding it, visitors have commented on the trees and foliage...
Nicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot pean...
When the White House gates open at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 13th, thousands of people will stream through for the...