White House objects can help us better understand enslaved labor in the Atlantic World, used for centuries to produce popular commodities and consumer goods.
Calling all "West Wing" fans! Join us for History Happy Hour on Thursday, April 13th at 6:00 pm ET, to hear journalist and author Marc Freeman go behind the scenes of one of television’s most beloved shows. Freeman will share unknown and unheard secrets about the making of the series as told to him, for the first time, by the se
The White House Historical Association has selected three inaugural national research fellows for the 2023 – 2024 David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History Fellowship Program. The fellows will conduct new research related to the White House, its occupants, workers, staff, and/or fine and decorative arts collections. Fellowships will take place in the summer and fall of 2023.
Fellows are:
Elizabeth Re
As the White House Easter Egg Roll approaches, the White House Historical Association is offering new resources and virtual activities as a compliment to this springtime tradition. The educational games and activities can be completed online with a chance to win an Official 2023 White House Easter Egg Set.
“The Egg Roll is one of the most historic events at the Wh
The White House Historical Association’s second lecture of the 2023 Quarterly Lecture Series, White House History with Frank Sesno, took place on March 30, 2023 and covered the topic of “women and journalism in the White House.”
The speakers for the event included Susan Page, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief, Monica Alba, NBC News White House Correspondent, and Dr. Teri Finneman, Associate Profes
Grover Cleveland was the only U.S. President to serve two nonconsecutive terms, the first from 1885 to 1889, and the second from 1893 to 1897. This Presidential rarity is not Cleveland’s only unique trait; in the four decades between the Administrations of Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and William Howard Taft, Cleveland was the only Democratic President. He was also an unusually candid po
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of “The White House 1600 Sessions” podcast today featuring a conversation with Jonathan Darman, author of “Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President.” In the episode, Stewart McLaurin, president of the Association, discusses with Darman how polio shaped Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his presidency.
“A lot of people don't focus on the fac
While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. Rebecca Roberts, author of the new biography Untold Power, discusses the beautiful, brilliant, charismatic, and ca
Join us in learning more about White House History right from your own home. Our Facebook Live series, White House History Live, delves into the stories that make up the history of the Executive Mansion.
Historian Elizabeth Rule discusses her new book, Indigenous
DC: Native Peoples and the Nation’s Capital. Washington, DC, is Indian land, but Indigenous peoples are
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The White House Historical Association placed a wreath at the gravesite of James Hoban, Irish immigrant and the designer and builder of the White House, on Tuesday, March 14 at 11:00AM. The event took place at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
See images from the wreath placement ceremony
The ceremony included remarks from:
Stewart McLaurin, President of the White
On April 4th-7th and 10th-11th, join the White House Historical Association for our annual in-person liquidation sale, featuring incredible discount pricing at up to 85% off! This sale includes a wide range of merchandise, such as White House ornaments, fun children's games and toys, elegant jewelry, captivating books, and more! This sale is not to be missed!
On April 11