White House History Table of Contents
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...
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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...
Read Digital EditionAbraham Lincoln's White House, Harold HolzerThe Other White House, William SealeThe White House and Lincoln's Assassination, Anthony S....
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
The nineteenth century brought with it the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, precipitated in part by rising abolitionist sentiment....
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
President Abraham Lincoln's office and Cabinet Room––the large southeast room on the Second Floor of the White House––has been cal...
Leaving the White House during the summer is an old tradition of the presidents. Those with farms, such as Dwight...
Although Michelle Obama was the first African-American first lady of the United States, African Americans have been integrally involved in...
Curators are indispensable to historic sites and museums today. Utilizing their subject expertise and training in the field, they conduct...
The New Years’ Day reception became a White House tradition with President John Adams in 1801 and ended with President Herbert Ho...
Just how does the president celebrate Presidents’ Day? Throughout the more than 200-year history of the White House, presidents themselves ha...
In 2005, The White House Historical Association released The White House Remembered,Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R....