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The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today, “White House Builder James Hoban’s Irish Roots.” In the episode, Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association and author of James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House, travels to Hoban’s birthplace to discover the architectural styles and designs that inf
The White House Historical Association today dedicated a newly installed garden and sculpture in honor of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who played a historic role in preserving Lafayette Square during the Kennedy presidency. First Lady Jill Biden underscored the importance of Mrs. Kennedy’s legacy in a ceremony that took place in front of the historic Decatur House. The Ja
Henry Haller joined the White House as executive chef in 1966 and he stayed on to cook for five administrations over two decades—becoming the longest-serving presidential chef in history. In 1987, Random House published THE WHITE HOUSE FAMILY COOKBOOK, Haller’s extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at daily life in the White House through the lens of how five first families dined privately and
The White House Historical Association today released the 66th issue of its award-winning magazine, White House History Quarterly. Style makes history at the White House, and with this issue – the Quarterly’s third to focus on fashion – the Association looks at a transformational period of fifty years, 1960 to 2010, when America’s first ladies began to communicate through style more than ever bef
The White House Historical Association today presented the official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively. The portraits and the artists who painted them were introduced during a White House ceremony hosted by President Joseph Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and attended by President and
Iconic Moments has partnered with The White House Historical Association (WHHA) to produce a limited edition NFT (non-fungible token) as one of the 25 unique pieces in PROOF Collective’s Grails II NFT collection. The partnership is the WHHA’s first foray into the world of NFTs, and the first time PROOF Collective has invited an NFT marketplace to participate in its
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today, “American Storyteller Bartlett Sher,” which explores how one of our nation’s greatest storytellers uses theater to explain and illuminate stories of American history. In this episode, Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, and Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher discuss the portra
President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Colleen Shogan as the next Archivist of the United States. Dr. Shogan is currently the Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein Center at the White House Historical Association. Dr. Shogan joined the Association in 2020 after nearly 15 years of federal government service, having previously worked in the U.S. Senate and
The White House Historical Association has released the latest episode of its podcast, The White House 1600 Sessions: Jackie Kennedy’s White House Guidebook 60th Anniversary, which revisits the history of how the popular publication came to be and marks the release of a special edition on July 28, 2022. The White House: An Historic Guide was first published in 1962 as a collaboration be
