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Senior Audio-Visual Technician, The People’s House
The Association is seeking a full-time Senior Audio-Visual Technician for The People’s House: A White House Experience. This position reports directly to the Director of Operations of the People’s House and works in close collaboration with the Facilities team, the Exhibits team, and external vendors. This position oversees the functioning of the exhibit’s A/V systems, including all au
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2024 White House Christmas in Pictures
The White House and its residents share the holiday cheer felt by all of the country this time of year. Since 1961, the Executive Mansion decorates its halls with a holiday theme. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "A Season of Peace and Light" as the 2024 holiday theme. For President and Dr. Biden’s final winter ho
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History Happy Hour: How Hanukkah Came to the White House
For most of American history, the only December holiday ever celebrated in the White House was Christmas. Now, however, the White House hosts an annual Hanukkah party where traditional holiday candles are ceremonially lit on an official White House Hanukkah menorah. When and how did this happen, and what does it mean? In this episode of History Happy Hour, Jonathan
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Annual Holiday Book Festival - Friday, December 6th
The White House Historical Association will hold its annual free holiday book festival on Friday, December 6, featuring authors of popular and award-winning Association titles available to sign books and meet attendees. Illustrator Dr. John Hutton will offer lessons on how to draw the presidents throughout the day and will sign his book How to Draw the Presidents and seven titles
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Jimmy Carter, His Very Best
Author Jonathan Alter will join the program to discuss the life and times of Jimmy Carter, his rise to the presidency, and how his legacy has evolved since leaving office.
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Inaugural Traditions are Remembered and Explored in the 75th Issue of White House History Quarterly
The White House Historical Association has released the 75th issue of its award-winning magazine White House History Quarterly: "Inaugural Traditions." “Whether shattered or observed, traditions make history each Inauguration Day. Every decision a president makes on this transformational day—every hat and coat, every time and place, every oath and address, every Oval Office furnishing, every greeting or good-bye, and near
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History Happy Hour: Woodrow Wilson and Women’s Fight for the Vote
Why did Woodrow Wilson oppose women’s voting rights? More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. Christopher Cox’s Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn discusses Wilson’s life and legacy, unearthing a man superbly unsuited to the moment when he ascended to the presidency in 1912, as the struggle for women’s voting rights in America
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Scholarship
Hawai'i and the White House
On November 23, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 103-150, also known as the "Apology Resolution," in the Oval Office—a rare example of bipartisan accountability for a previous wrongdoing at the highest level of government.1 The subject? America’s involvement in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy one hundred years earlier. But to fully understand this legislation's significance, one must unde
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NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “Executive Chef Reveals Career Highlights from Three Decades in the White House Kitchen”
The White House Historical Association released its 100th episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today featuring a conversation with former White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford, who spent nearly 30 years working in the White House kitchen through the Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations before retiring in July 2024. Stewart McLaurin, president of the Association, and Chef
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