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White House History with David Rubenstein: Slavery in the President's Neighborhood
The White House Historical Association invites you to the inaugural edition of our 2020 lecture series White House History with David Rubenstein: Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood.Many people think of the White House as a symbol of democracy, but it also embodies America’s complicated past and the paradoxical relationship between slavery and freedom in the nation’s capital. The Sl
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ANNOUNCING: Official 2020 White House Christmas Ornament Features President John F. Kennedy’s White House Portrait
The White House Historical Association’s Official 2020 White House Christmas Ornament commemorates President John F. Kennedy and is in the image of his posthumous official White House portrait made by Aaron Shikler in 1970. The back of the ornament features the dates that Kennedy was in office, 1961-1963, and a quote by First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy which states, “The White House belo
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White House History with Ann Compton: White House Sweets and Traditions
The White House Historical Association's fourth lecture in our series "White House History with Ann Compton" featured a panel of speakers, including former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier, author of "Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef’s Secrets," and East Wing expert Jennifer Pickens, author of "Entertaining at the White House: Decades of Presidential Tr
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New Podcast Episode Covers Research Behind the Association’s New Initiative: “Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood”
The White House Historical Association explores the topic of “Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood,” its new research initiative, in this month’s podcast episode. Association President Stewart McLaurin speaks to historians Dr. Matthew Costello, Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, and Lina Mann about their groundbreaking research to tell the stories of the enslaved individuals who built, worked at, and lived in or near
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Introducing The Official 2020 White House Christmas Ornament
The White House Historical Association's Official 2020 White House Christmas Ornament honors John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States. The youngest president since Theodore Roosevelt, Kennedy took office in January 1961, at age 43. Before his vibrant presidency was cut short by an assassin's bullet on November 22, 1963, he had reinvigorated the American spirit. His legacy lives on in his youthful
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The White House Historical Association and The Washington Nationals Expand White House At Bat! Educational Challenge
Today the White House Historical Association in partnership with the Washington Nationals announced the new, expanded details of the educational outreach program focused on White House and presidential history. Together the two organizations developed a program this August, “White House at Bat: A Presidential History Challenge” which is now available to all high school students 9th through 12th grade in the
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New Book: "Away from the White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, and Vacations"
The White House Historical Association has released Away from the White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, and Vacations. Author Lawrence L. Knutson presents an in-depth history of the presidential time spent “away from the White House.” Through 37 chapters profusely illustrated with hundreds of period images and photographs, we witness the president escaping by horseback, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and ultimately Air Force One,
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White House History Journal #30: The Presidents and the Theater
“It is not difficult to see a certain parallel presidents might sense between their own specified time on stage as head of state and the slice of life encapsulated in the duration of a play,” said William Seale, editor of White House History. “Part of being president is a performance, in which is conveyed, inescapably, a message; the White House is the