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Rubenstein Center Fellows Selected to Conduct New Research on White House History
The White House Historical Association has selected three research fellows for the 2024 – 2025 David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History Fellowship Program. The fellows will conduct new research related to the White House, its occupants, workers, staff, and/or fine and decorative arts collections. Fellowships will take place beginning this summer and conclude in spring 2025. “We are thrilled to anno
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Secret City
Author James Kirchick joins the program to discuss his New York Times Bestseller, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, interviews with over one hundred people, and material unearthed from presidential libraries and archives, Kirchick illuminates how homosexuality shaped each successive presidential administration through the end of the twentieth century against the
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2024 Holiday Book Festival
Save the date for the 2024 Holiday Book Festival hosted by the White House Historical Association! Since 1962, the White House Historical Association has produced award-winning books on many subjects related to the history of the President's House—from its architecture, gardens, fine and decorative arts to the presidents and first ladies who lived there over the years. Our titles appeal to hi
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History Happy Hour: How Abraham Lincoln Institutionalized Science and Modernized America
Abraham Lincoln had a lifelong fascination with science and technology and was the only president with a patent. He advocated for technological advancement as a legislator in Illinois and Washington D.C. and became the “go-to” Western lawyer on technology and patent cases during his legal career. During the Civil War, Lincoln drew upon his commitment to science and personally enco
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NEW Issue of White House History Quarterly “Military Roles and the White House”
The White House Historical Association today released "Military Roles and the White House," the 73rd issue of its award-winning magazine, White House History Quarterly. The issue comes just before Memorial Day, and focuses on military traditions at the White House, as well as the influence of military life on the work of three first ladies, a president’s relationship with hi
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NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “The Making of President Theodore Roosevelt”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today featuring a conversation on the five extraordinary women without whom Theodore Roosevelt may never have become the 26th President of the United States. Stewart McLaurin, president of the Association, met with Edward O’Keefe, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation and author of
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White House History Live: Mr. Churchill in the White House
Join us in learning more about White House History right from your own home. Our Facebook Live series, White House History Live, delves into the stories that make up the history of the Executive Mansion. Author Robert Schmuhl will discuss his new book, Mr. Churchill in the White House. Schmuhl offers a fresh perspective on the politician and war leader,
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Spectacle of Grief
Dr. Sarah J. Purcell joins us to discuss her book Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era which examines how funerals of major figures from that era allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. Purcell will also discuss how mourning rituals for figures like Col. Elmer Ellsworth, whose White
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History Happy Hour: Franklin Roosevelt’s Backyard Inauguration
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s last Inauguration on January 20, 1945, was quick, quiet, and unprecedented. As the only person in American history elected to serve four consecutive terms, Roosevelt could have celebrated his victory with a traditional pomp-filled ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Instead, he chose to hold his last Inaugural on the South Portico of the White House. As th