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Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture
Read Digital VersionForeword, William SealeThe Style of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: Fashion and Frugality in Times of Depression and War, Morgan BlattenbergThe Mamie Look: The Americanness of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower’s Off-the-Rack Fashions, Kristen A. HunterThe Jackie Look: Oleg Cassini and the Creation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Signature Style, Haley M. RiveroTeardrops of the Moon: Memories of Desi
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White House Gardens Symposium Scholarly Contributors
Jim AdamsJim Adams has been gardening in Washington, D.C., for over 25 years. His D.C. career began at the U.S. National Arboretum, where he worked in the Fern Valley Native Plant Garden and then became Curator of the National Herb Garden. Following this, he served as Head Horticulturist for the British Ambassador’s Residence and then moved to th
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2023 Springtime Reading List
Explore this reading list to discover exciting titles related to all sorts of Easter and springtime topics including the White House Easter Egg Roll, gardening, and playing outdoors! Some books on this list will also help you gain more knowledge about the history of the White House and how it’s come to be one of America’s most important symb
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Sharing White House History about Donald J. Trump
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to presidential history. Below you will find digital educational resources compiled by the White House Historical Association that have been sourced from presidential sites relating to President Donald J. Trump.Donald J. Trump Presidential LibraryMain Website
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As Time Goes By: Historic Moments in the Life of the White House
Foreword: A Journey Through White House Time by Marcia Mallet Anderson "The Man Who Kept the Presidency on Time": Johnny Muffler's Fifty-Four Years with the White House Clocks by Elyse Werling Lighthouse Clock, Simon Willard & Son, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1825 by William G. AllmanThe Bathtub Hoax and Other Memorable Times in the History of White House Plumbing by Danny HeitmanMarble
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2022 Presidential Sites Summit Schedule
Tuesday, March 15 12:00-6:00pm: Registration at the Adolphus Hotel 12:00-3:00pm: Optional Day Trip The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 12:00-3:00pm: Shuttle will continuously run between The Adolphus and the Sixth Floor Museum Join us for the pre-summit excursion to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The museum chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F.
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White House History Quarterly Advisors
Bill BarkerVeteran historical actor-interpreter Bill Barker is widely recognized as the nation’s foremost interpreter of Thomas Jefferson. After portraying Thomas Jefferson at Colonial Williamsburg for 26 years, Barker joined the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello in 2019. Barker began interpreting Jefferson in 1984 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Barker has performed as Jefferson around the world, including the White House, the U.S.
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September 11, 2001
Read an ExcerptForeword: The "American Resolve" Behind the Scene by Marcia Mallet AndersonCovering the President from the Last Plane in Flight September 11, 2001: Ann Compton Recounts Her Experience Witnessing History Unfold Aboard Air Force One by Ann Compton Whatever It Takes to Get Back to Work on Behalf of the President: The Executive Office of the President Evacuates But Carries On:
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Royal Visits
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Tham Kannalikham
Tham Kannalikham is a New York based interior designer. She is passionate about incorporating traditional craftsmanship into the contemporary residential work her firm specializes in. Tham is a current member of the President’s Council at the ICAA. In 2019 she was appointed to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. She is an active supporter of The Alpha Wo
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Andrew H. Card, Jr.
Andrew H. Card, Jr. served as Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. from January 2018 until January 2021. From June 2020 until December 2020, he also served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation. In August 2016, Card retired as President of Franklin Pierce University with its anchor campus in Rindge, NH and other
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Stacy A. Cordery
Historian Stacy A. Cordery is the author of four books, including New York Times bestselling biography Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker. The recipient of several teaching awards, she is serving this academic year as the Dennis & Vaune Johnson Endowed Chair in Theodore Roosevelt Studies and the Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Honors