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Today, the White House Historical Association has released the September episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “The-Decorator-In-Chief.” In this episode, host and Association President Stewart McLaurin talks with Michael S. Smith, chief decorator for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, about his new book, Designing History, the Extraordinary Art and Style of the Obama White House.“People traditionally think the Wh
For American University graduate student Mia Owens, engaging in public history projects is a way to collaborate with and be of service to people. Owens is the inaugural Fellow for a new, two-year Public History Graduate Fellowship in the History of Slavery and Its Legacies in Washington, DC. The fellowship is a partnership between The White House Historical Association (WHHA)
The White House Historical Association has released the third installment in its video series Young Voices Talk White House History. In this episode, Association President and Host Stewart McLaurin speaks with Rocco and Arioth Smirne about their experience authoring their new book A White House Alphabet, which also launched today. A White House Alphabet explores the Executive Mansion and its
The White House Historical Association announces today the release of the first two titles in a new series of children’s books. A White House Alphabet helps children learn their ABCs while Presidents Play! covers sports that Presidents have enjoyed in the White House. Both books are illustrated by John Hutton and introduced by the Association's President Stewart D. McLaurin an
Today, the White House Historical Association released a special episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast congratulating the winner of the National History Day White House History Award. Stewart McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association, speaks with tenth grader Jack Ghormley about his winning documentary and why history is so important to understanding both past and present. Ghormley’s documentary, wh
The White House Historical Association (WHHA) will release its summer issue of the White House History Quarterly on Tuesday, August 25. The 58th issue of the award-winning Quarterly, “Photographing the White House,” focuses on the evolution of the art of photography as a tool for recording and studying the history of the White House and goes behind the viewfinder to learn more
Today, the White House Historical Association released the August episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “Recipes from the President’s Ranch.” This episode features a conversation with Matthew Wendel, former chef for President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, and a special look into his new cookbook, Recipes from the President’s Ranch: Food People Like to Eat, published by the W
The White House Historical Association has released the July episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “Women’s Suffrage and the White House.” This episode of the podcast features the Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein Center, Colleen Shogan, and journalists Elaine Weiss and Rebecca Roberts for a discussion on the women’s suffrage movement and its interactions with the
The White House Historical Association will host a Facebook livestream discussion, “Protest at the People’s House,” with Matthew Costello, Vice President of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History and White House Historian. For more than a century, thousands of Americans have gathered in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House to exercise their First
