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Since 1973, the President and First Lady have opened the White House Grounds to visitors for self-guided tours of the South Lawn and gardens twice a year. In the fall, trees at the White House reflect the changing season by turning shades of yellow, orange and red, providing an opportunity to admire the foliage, gardens, and nature surrounding the Executive Mansion.
The White House Historical Association has appointed Teresa Carlson to its Board of Directors. Carlson brings to the Association decades of experience as a global leader in the technology sector. Under her leadership as Vice President of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector, which she founded in 2010, Carlson has partnered with the Association to bring rich historical content into
The White House Historical Association today released the latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “Education Through Partnerships,” exploring unique strategies for sharing rich historical content and untold stories of White House history with audiences of all ages across the country. In this inspiring conversation, White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin speaks with Janet Tran, Associate Director of Education at the
The White House Historical Association is honored to have funded the restoration of the historic Bellangé furniture, a collection made for the White House in 1817 by Pierre-Antoine Bellangé in Paris for use in the Oval Drawing Room, now known as the Blue Room, following the historic White House fire of 1814. The Office of the First Lady made the announcement of th
The White House Historical Association has just released, Presidential Sites, the 50th edition of the newly named White House History Quarterly. This issue is dedicated to presidential sites and features Theodore Roosevelt’s famous ride from the White House to Warrenton, Virginia; Washington’s resurrected childhood home at Ferry Farm; Monroe’s Washington, D.C. house- now the Arts Club of Was
This month, leaders from presidential sites and libraries across the country as well as presidential descendants will convene in Washington for the Presidential Sites Summit. To celebrate this historic meeting, the White House Historical Association has released the latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast: “Preserving Presidential History”, exploring the role of the National Archives and the Archivist of the United Stat
The White House Historical Association will host the Presidential Sites Summit August 27-30 at the Willard InterContinental. The 4-day national gathering, themed “Back to the White House,” will draw leaders from more than 100 presidential sites across the country – and from across the spectrum of the historical professions, along with a large gathering of presidential descendants– reconnecting them with the domain that def
The White House Historical Association today released the latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “America’s Pastime and the Presidency”, exploring the rich relationship between the White House and baseball, and the history of the sport in Washington. This month, the Washington Nationals are hosting the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, a tradition stretching back to Franklin Roosevelt’s first term as
The White House Historical Association today released the latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “Decatur House, The President’s Neighbor”, exploring the legacy of Naval hero and Commodore Stephen Decatur and the historic Decatur House positioned in the President’s Neighborhood on Lafayette Square and part of Washington, D.C.’s earliest history. This episode was recorded in the parlors of Decatur
