About Our Authors
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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The White House Historical Association published its first book, The White House: An Historic Guide, in 1962. It was the wish...
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Historic Decatur House & Lafayette Square
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“The Back Building”
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The Households of James Buchanan
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Lighting the Menorah: Celebrating Hanukkah at the White House
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The Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square
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Murder and Untimely Tragedy: The Haunting of Lafayette Square
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