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The White House Historical Association today released its fourth episode, “British Invasion to French Restoration” in The 1600 Sessions podcast series. This episode tells the dramatic story of the burning of the White House by the British in 1814. Released during the 200th anniversary of James and Elizabeth Monroe moving back into the White House, this episode also celebrates the restoration of the
The White House Historical Association today applauds celebrated landscape historian and author Jonathan W. Pliska for receiving the Gold Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association for his book, A Garden for the President: A History of the White House Grounds. For nearly 30 years, IBPA’s Benjamin Franklin Awards have been regarded as one of the highest national ho
The White House Historical Association and the Washington Nationals announced the winning student submissions for White House at Bat: A Presidential History Challenge. This program asked individual students and student teams in grades 9-12 to create a storyboard examining the Constitutional powers of one of the five Racing Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, or William Howard
The White House Historical Association today released its third episode, “Springtime at the White House,” in the 1600 Sessions podcast series. This episode celebrates the iconic events that welcome tens of thousands of visitors to the White House each year to celebrate the beginning of spring. Association President Stewart McLaurin interviews Jim McDaniel, former Director of the White House Liaison for the
The White House Historical Association announced today the sale of the Official 2017 White House Easter Eggs. The Association is the exclusive retailer of the 2017 American–made eggs and is honored to donate 18,000 of them to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll. The wooden eggs will be given as gifts to children attending the White House Easter Egg Roll on
The White House Historical Association today released the second Cherry Blossom Collection installment in its exclusive retail collaboration with renowned designer Anna Weatherley: an exquisite hand-painted porcelain vase and mug featuring the delicate, iconic pink blooms of Washington, D.C. springtime. This spring’s additions to the collection are adorned with beautifully hand-painted cherry blossom branches and flowers that delicately wr
The White House Historical Association today announced its Quarterly Lecture Series for 2017, featuring award winning-authors and experts, including New York Times best-selling authors William Doyle and John Meacham, speaking on topics and figures ranging from Andrew Jackson to John F. Kennedy. On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, New York Times best-selling author William Doyle will tell the story of the sinking of PT-109
The White House Historical Association is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Digital Library launch today. The free, public resource provides ready access to more than more than 5,000 images of the White House, the grounds and the surrounding neighborhood, with new collections being added regularly. New initiatives are underway and the Association expects to make significant additions to the collection
The White House Historical Association announces the publication of the Winter 2017 issue of White House History, which marks the 200th anniversary of President James Monroe’s reopening of the White House following the fire of 1814 by exploring the influence of French style on Monroe and ultimately the White House. Highlights include: An article on the four recently discovered paintings of th
