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Holiday Book Festival - Day 1: Eleanor Roosevelt & Decatur House
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage
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Holiday Book Festival - Day 2: Building the President's House, the History of the Eisenhower Executive Building, & President George Washington's Tomb
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage
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Holiday Book Festival - Day 3: Furnishing the White House
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage
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Holiday Book Festival - Day 4: Food, Wine, and the President's Table
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage
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Holiday Book Festival - Day 5: Children's Books
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Festival Week, a daily event for the week of November 29 - December 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each day will feature a theme and a set of authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. The daily book signings will take place in the Carriage
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New Issue of White House History Quarterly "Waysides" Released
The White House Historical Association today released the 63rd issue of White House History Quarterly, the Association's award-winning magazine. Entitled "Waysides," this issue celebrates the act of "wayfinding" by bringing together diverse accounts from history's scholars, witnesses, participants, and descendants— all with the same objective: to share and preserve chapters in White House history, enabling us to discover the pages th
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White House Historical Association Launches NEW Virtual Tour of White House Holiday Traditions Past and Present
Today, The White House Historical Association announces the debut of a virtual White House Holiday Tour, exclusively available on the White House Experience mobile app. The tour is also available as a web app. The inaugural White House Holiday Virtual Tour guides users through the history and evolution of holiday decor and traditions, past and present. Download high-resolution images of th
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NEW Episode: The 1600 Sessions Podcast "The History and Making of the Official White House Christmas Ornaments"
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, “The History and Making of the Official White House Christmas Ornaments.” In this episode, Association President Stewart McLaurin speaks with Richard Rosvek, Trustee, Spirit of Liberty Foundation, who first suggested the creation of an ornament program to First Lady Nancy Reagan as a way to help fund
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History Happy Hour: The White House Winter Holiday Collection
The White House is majestic every day of the year, but it becomes truly magical during the holidays—with or without a blanket of snow. The traditions, decorations, and festivities surrounding Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s Day brighten the darkest days of winter. Donna Hayashi Smith, Associate Curator of Collections and Registrar with the Office of the Curator at the
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Stephen Decatur Luncheon
Join us for an honorary program celebrating Stephen Decatur's birthday, including a fireside chat and Q&A with Captain Chris Cassidy and Ellen R. Stofan, panel remarks by two secretaries of the Navy, Honorables John H. Dalton and Carlos Del Toro, and invocations and benedictions by Reverends Canon Jan Naylor Cope and Robert W. Fisher.Captain Chris Cassidy, a
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The Enslaved Household of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and principal author of the Declaration of Independence envisioned an America where "all men are created equal". But over the course of his life, he enslaved more than 600 Black men, women and children. This is the story of three teenagers who were brought to the White House to train as Jefferson's personal chefs. For more information