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History Happy Hour: White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the Kennedy family. For nearly a hundred years, it is where one of America’s most storied political families has come to celebrate, bond, play, and grieve. As the home of the Summer White House, it is also the setting of many memorable events, like John F. Kennedy giving his presidential acceptance speech and Ja
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NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “Presidential Leadership Lessons”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today featuring a conversation on the unique qualities, personality traits, and circumstances that made certain presidents great leaders. Stewart McLaurin, president of the Association, met with Talmage Boston, attorney, historian and author of the new book, “How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our To
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Rubenstein Center Fellows Selected to Conduct New Research on White House History
The White House Historical Association has selected three research fellows for the 2024 – 2025 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 beginning this summer and conclude in spring 2025. “We are thrilled to anno
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Secret City
Author James Kirchick joins the program to discuss his New York Times Bestseller, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, interviews with over one hundred people, and material unearthed from presidential libraries and archives, Kirchick illuminates how homosexuality shaped each successive presidential administration through the end of the twentieth century against the
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2024 Holiday Book Festival
Save the date for the 2024 Holiday Book Festival hosted by the White House Historical Association! Since 1962, the White House Historical Association has produced award-winning books on many subjects related to the history of the President's House—from its architecture, gardens, fine and decorative arts to the presidents and first ladies who lived there over the years. Our titles appeal to hi
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History Happy Hour: How Abraham Lincoln Institutionalized Science and Modernized America
Abraham Lincoln had a lifelong fascination with science and technology and was the only president with a patent. He advocated for technological advancement as a legislator in Illinois and Washington D.C. and became the “go-to” Western lawyer on technology and patent cases during his legal career. During the Civil War, Lincoln drew upon his commitment to science and personally enco
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NEW Issue of White House History Quarterly “Military Roles and the White House”
The White House Historical Association today released "Military Roles and the White House," the 73rd issue of its award-winning magazine, White House History Quarterly. The issue comes just before Memorial Day, and focuses on military traditions at the White House, as well as the influence of military life on the work of three first ladies, a president’s relationship with hi
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NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “The Making of President Theodore Roosevelt”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today featuring a conversation on the five extraordinary women without whom Theodore Roosevelt may never have become the 26th President of the United States. Stewart McLaurin, president of the Association, met with Edward O’Keefe, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation and author of