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What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
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Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, 1903. President Roosevelt exchanged the sizzle of a Washington summer for the ocean breezes of Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home and forever transformed the nature of the presidential vacation.
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
Biographies & Portraits
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have demonstrated a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
No sport is more closely tied to the American presidency than baseball. One of Washington’s first baseball fields was lo...
Camp David has provided presidents and their families with a recreational retreat from the White House, as well as a...
From the beginning of its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior...
The White House Historical Association (WHHA) offers many different resources for students working on National History Day projects.
When I came to Iowa State, I had no idea what it meant to be a journalist. My idea of...
by Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt In this article, Selwa (Lucky) Roosevelt brings to life the 1906 wedding of Theodore Roosevelt's eldest child...
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...