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The White House as Home and Symbol
Although today's mailboxes are filled with magazines, catalogs, and bills, they lack an abundance of personal letters. The technologies of the electronic age allow people to communicate quickly and efficiently without ever having to pick up a pen. Up-to-the-minute reports via telephone, television, radio, and the Internet allow us to be informed of events as quickly as they happen. In
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Using Art to Study the Past
When studying events that occurred before the widespread use of photography, historians have used artwork to supplement resources such as documents, diaries, and artifacts. While an artist's view of an event is less accurate than first-hand written accounts, many paintings and engravings can tell us what events were found important enough to document in this way. Artists, after all, were
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White House Tea and No Sympathy
IntroductionIn the early summer of 1929, citizens in the nation's capital enjoyed reading about the White House activities of President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Hoover, in their local newspaper. They learned that a "talking movie" was shown at the White House, that the president's pets had acquired silver-plated nametags, and that a policy had been implemented to reduce the
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day": Visit of the British Royals in 1939
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day": World War II at the White House
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Preserving the Legacy of the White House
The White House Historical Association is a private non-profit educational organization with a mission to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the Executive Mansion. Learn about how First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy helped found the Association in 1961 to help the White House collect and exhibit the very best artifacts of American history and culture. Featuring Stewart D. McLaurin, President of the
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White House History with Ann Compton: Suffragists at the White House
The White House Historical Association's second lecture in our series "White House History with Ann Compton" featured Rebecca Roberts, author of Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote. This lecture was hosted in conjunction with the Supreme Court Historical Society and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society as part of the National Heritage Lecture and
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The 1600 Sessions: Back to Basics - White House History with David Rubenstein
In this special episode of The 1600 Sessions, we turn the tables on our podcast’s usual format. Financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein takes his turn asking more than 50 questions on White House history to White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin. They cover all the basics as well as some of the fun facts you probably didn't know, like which pr
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