The Christmas Eve West Wing Fire of 1929
On Christmas Eve 1929 the White House experienced its most powerful fire since the British torched the Executive Mansion 115 years earlier....
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Sicilian Salvador Catalano
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Civil War Veterans Visit the White House
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The White House Collection: The Truman Interiors
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The White House Collection: George Washington
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April 6, 1917
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The Election of 1876
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The Arts in the Kennedy White House
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Anti-lynching and the White House
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The “American Resolve” Behind the Scenes
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