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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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2023 Next-Gen Leaders
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Sharing White House History about Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
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The Second Floor
When John Adams first occupied the President's House in 1800, the Second Floor was generally reserved for private and family use....
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First Ladies' Private Lives
In the early decades of the republic a president's wife, like other wives, seldom displayed her private life to the...
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The Blue Room
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
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The East Room
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
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Clifton Truman Daniel
Clifton Truman Daniel is the oldest grandson of President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess. He is the son...
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The Entrance Hall
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
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The Red Room
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antechamber" for the...
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The Green Room
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
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Letters From Our Readers
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