Collection Presidential Retreats
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
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Book Awards
2023 2023 Communicator Awards White House History Quarterly 65: Every President Has Walked These Grounds, Award of Excellence, Design Features, Copywriting for Corporate...
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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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About Our Authors
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
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Letters From Our Readers
"Thank you for the most wonderful historical information regarding the White House. I just love reading each issue from cover...
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A History of Presidential Vacations & Retreats
In this series of video clips, Historian Lawrence L. Knutson talks about presidential vacations and retreats. He offers anecdotes for...
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Bio Edith Wilson
“Secret president,” “first woman to the woman to run the government”—some historians have labeled a first lady whose role gained unu...
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The Presidents and the National Parks
The national parks preceded the National Park Service, but the first great natural park was a state park. California’s Yo...
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Camp David
Sixty miles outside of Washington, D.C. is a rustic wilderness retreat that serves presidents and first families as a...
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A Pool for the President
Gerald Ford was an avid swimmer, swimming twice a day in his backyard pool in Alexandria, Virginia. When President Ford...
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Harry S. Truman's "Little White House"
Since the creation of the American presidency, there have been presidential vacations. Early chief executives such as George Washington, John...
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Abraham Lincoln's White House
On a hot summer day in August 1864, Abraham Lincoln strolled from his Second-Floor office to the lawn outside the Executive...