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Calvin Coolidge and Native Americans
President Calvin Coolidge’s relationship with Native Americans is frequently summarized by a passing reference to his signing of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, if it is mentioned at all.1 While Coolidge’s support of the legislation is unquestioned, reducing his many interactions with Native Americans to a single piece of legislation is misleading and inaccurate.Coolidge’s interest in Native
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The 2021 White House Christmas Ornament
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament. These unique collectibles — honoring individual presidents or specific White House anniversaries — have become part of the holiday tradition for millions of American families. In this collection, explore the history behind our 2021 design and learn more about President Lyndon B. Johnson.Buy
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White House History with Susan Page: "The Black Man's President": Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality
Join us for the fourth installment of the White House Historical Association’s White House History with Susan Page on “'The Black Man's President': Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality.” Susan Page will host a conversation with author Michael Burlingame of the University of Illinois Springfield who, according to the New York Review of Books dean of Civ
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NEW White House 360 Tour: Halloween Scavenger Hunt Edition
The White House Historical Association has released a NEW edition of the White House 360 Tour on its website whitehousehistory.org and White House Experience App: The Halloween Scavenger Hunt Edition. The themed version of the app’s traditional 360-degree tour is designed to teach participants about the spookier side of White House history.Throughout the tour, families can discover stories of
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History Happy Hour: Medical Mystery
William Henry Harrison served as the ninth president of the United States for 31 days in 1841. He was the first president to die in office and the shortest-serving U.S. president in history. After succumbing to natural but somewhat uncertain causes in 1841, he was the first president to lie in state in the White House East Room. The White House was
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Sugar, Slavery, and the Washington China
Upon stepping into the White House China Room, visitors encounter tableware from nearly every presidential administration or first family. Tucked into one of the impressive glass display cases is a small, porcelain sugar bowl. To many viewers, the bowl may seem like an ordinary piece of White House tableware. But what if a bowl could tell a bigger story? A
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NEW Episode: The 1600 Sessions Podcast “A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, “A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park.” In this episode, Association President Stewart McLaurin is joined by the narrators of the newly installed Wayside Exhibit in Lafayette Square, which was created by the White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Park Service.Watch the
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White House History Weekly: Lafayette Park Waysides
The White House Historical Association, in partnership with the National Park Service, installed historical markers in Lafayette Square recount the history of the involvement of enslaved labor in the construction of the White House, the preservation and commemoration of the White House and Lafayette Square – including Jacqueline Kennedy’s actions to save the neighborhood from development – and the history of Lafaye
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A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park
Featuring Hilary West, Executive Director for Federal Government Relations at JPMorgan Chase, and Royce L. Dickerson, MBA Candidate at the University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business
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The 1600 Sessions - A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park
Thousands of people traverse historic Lafayette Park every day to get a glimpse of the White House. The park, right in the heart of the President’s Neighborhood, has a long and storied history that is largely unknown to visitors of this historic space. In this episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast, Stewart McLaurin is joined by Hilary West and Royce L.
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Stewart D. McLaurin
Stewart D. McLaurin, as president of the White House Historical Association since 2014, leads the Association’s non-profit and non-partisan mission to support conservation and preservation at the White House with non-government funding.Under his leadership, the Association has expanded greatly in mission reach and impact; fundraising results; educational public programming and award-winning publications that teach the story of White House hi