Collection The Kennedy Rose Garden
It is hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president...
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The “Map of the City of Washington” by surveyor Robert King in 1818 showing new north-south streets bordering the President’s Park. When Pennsylvania Avenue was brought around to pass before the White House, these side streets would be connected to it. A drover’s path was cut through the President’s Park on the South (I) but it is not shown here, nor is the high stone wall Jefferson built, more or less following the curve in the terrain, shown in the map.
It is hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president...
Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an "egg roll" party. Held on the South...
The White House Grounds began as approximately 85 acres of land chosen by George Washington and was refined and cultivated by...
Since the first cherry blossom planting in 1912 by First Lady Helen Herron Taft, Washingtonians have celebrated the scenic beauty and...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
A group of physicians and surgeons meeting in Washington 1891 was treated to a reception at the White House on the...
Nicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot pean...
Throughout the history of the White House and the grounds surrounding it, visitors have commented on the trees and foliage...
April showers might bring May flowers, but White House florists keep the Executive Mansion in bloom year-round. Today the White...
The annual White House Easter egg roll was a well-established tradition when President Herbert Hoover took office, and the Hoovers...
Few first ladies have been so attuned to the natural beauty inside and outside the White House as First Lady...
The history of the white house grounds begins nearly two centuries before the construction of the house itself. Sailing up...