The Official 2022 White House Christmas Ornament represents the cherished White House tradition of displaying a gingerbread house each holiday in the State Dining Room.
President and Mrs. Monroe left a residence that reflected splendor, social form and gentility. President Monroe purchased furniture from France as part of the refurnishing of the White House after the fire of 1814. He imported a suite of gilded beechwood furniture by the noted Parisian cabinetmaker, Pierre-Antoine Bellangé (1760-1844) as well as of a table plateau, vases, clocks, tables, gold c
After seeing to the safety of the full-length portrait of George Washington, Dolley Madison left the President's House, making her way to Bellevue (Dumbarton House) to await the arrival of her husband. She received word that his plans had changed and that he would not be able to join her, but would simply meet her on the other side of
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite. Americans panicked. President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded from the Oval Office, reassuring the public and turning America’s attention towards outer space. For the next twenty years, the United States embarked upon an ambitious quest for space supremacy with the White House at the center of it a