One of the Association’s favorite authors, Rocco Smirne, is back! Join six-year-old Rocco as he experiences travel with the presidents, past and present, in his new children’s book, Rocco Travels with the Presidents! Every president of the United States has to travel to attend important events and to meet people around the world. For more than two hundred year
The White House Historical Association (WHHA), in partnership with the National Park Service, today unveiled the addition of new, recorded audio components to the historic wayside markers installed earlier this summer in Lafayette Square. This event is the latest in a series of programs marking the Association’s 60th anniversary since its founding by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.These audio recordings of
The White House Historical Association (WHHA) released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, “U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.” In this episode, Stewart D. McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association, speaks with SGM J. Mark Reilly, Senior Enlisted Band Leader, and SGM Billy White, Operations Sergeant Major, about the history and global work of t
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, “A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park.” In this episode, Association President Stewart McLaurin is joined by the narrators of the newly installed Wayside Exhibit in Lafayette Square, which was created by the White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Park Service.Watch the
William Henry Harrison served as the ninth president of the United States for 31 days in 1841. He was the first president to die in office and the shortest-serving U.S. president in history. After succumbing to natural but somewhat uncertain causes in 1841, he was the first president to lie in state in the White House East Room. The White House was
The White House Historical Association has released a NEW edition of the White House 360 Tour on its website whitehousehistory.org and White House Experience App: The Halloween Scavenger Hunt Edition. The themed version of the app’s traditional 360-degree tour is designed to teach participants about the spookier side of White House history.Throughout the tour, families can discover stories of
Join us for the fourth installment of the White House Historical Association’s White House History with Susan Page on “'The Black Man's President': Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality.” Susan Page will host a conversation with author Michael Burlingame of the University of Illinois Springfield who, according to the New York Review of Books dean of Civ
On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office as the first President of the United States on the balcony of Federal Hall.Located on New York City’s infamous Wall Street, Federal Hall was home to the first Congress, Supreme Court, and Executive Branch offices. Today, Federal Hall is a museum and memorial to our first President and the be
The White House Historical Association and the LBJ Presidential Library are pleased to invite K-12 educators to join “Out of Paw-ffice: White House Pets,” a virtual professional development program. Through this program, educators will discover stories of past White House pets and learn different strategies for incorporating this history into their classrooms. This professional development will be hosted virtually, via Zoom
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage