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Official White House Easter Eggs Available Online Only Following White House Easter Egg Roll Cancellation; Historical Information on Past Cancellations in Times of National Emergency

The Official 2020 White House Easter Eggs, created and available exclusively by the White House Historical Association, will be sold online only at shop.whitehousehistory.org, following the cancellation of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, and the closure of the Association’s shops.“The decision announced this morning by the First Lady regarding the cancellation of the 2020 White House East

Women’s History Month Background and Expert Available: Women Who Shaped the White House

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a presidential proclamation, declaring the week of March 8, 1980 to be Women’s History Week. Eight years later in 1988, Congress passed Public Law 100-9, which proclaimed March as Women’s History Month. In light of Women’s History Month, the White House Historical Association has created a White House Women digital collection of stories highlighting women who sh

White House Historical Association Awards Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship to Iowa State Journalism Student

The White House Historical Association in partnership with Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and the White House Correspondents’ Association, have awarded Olivia Benjamin with the Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship in Print Journalism. Benjamin will receive $5,000 and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. this spring. Benjamin will attend the 2020 White House Correspondents’ Dinner as a gues

Bicentennial Ceremony to Honor Commodore Stephen Decatur - Naval Hero from the War of 1812

The White House Historical Association will host a live reading and wreath-laying honoring naval war hero Commodore Stephen Decatur on March 22nd, the 200th anniversary of Decatur’s death. Decatur is buried at St. Peter’s Church. The live reading will feature the written correspondence between Decatur and Commodore James Barron that resulted in the fatal duel which took Decatur’s life

New Podcast Episode: "Slavery in the President's Neighborhood"

The White House Historical Association honors Black History Month and marks the launch of its new ongoing research initiative to tell the stories of the enslaved and free African Americans who built, lived and worked at the White House and in surrounding homes on Lafayette Park, with its new podcast episode, “White House History with David Rubenstein: Slavery in the Pr

NEW Exclusive Collection by Brooks Brothers for the White House Historical Association

The White House Historical Association has just announced a first-ever collaboration with Brooks Brothers and a new accessories collection online and in its stores beginning today, February 25. The exclusive collection features the Truman Presidential Seal and includes red, blue and navy ties; a red double-sided bow tie; a blue double-sided bow tie; and navy bow tie; along with a multicolored

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

New Issue of White House History Quarterly "Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection"

The White House Historical Association has just released a new edition of its White House History Quarterly: “Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection.” This issue provides a first look at newly restored pieces of the circa 1818 Bellangé suite; explores a treasure trove of never before published drawings from the Theodore Roosevelt administration; tells the story of how one 20th ce

Dr. Colleen Shogan Named Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History

The White House Historical Association has appointed Dr. Colleen Shogan as Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History. Shogan joins the Association on February 3 after a distinguished and extensive career at the Library of Congress where she served for 11 years, most recently as Assistant Deputy Librarian of Collections and Services – and fo