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White House Pets
Animals -- whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays -- have long been a major part of life at the White House. Some pets simply provided companionship to the president and his family. Others gained fame for a role in shaping the president's public image. No matter what job was bestowed upon them, White House pets usually
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First Ladies' Private Lives
In the early decades of the republic a president's wife, like other wives, seldom displayed her private life to the eyes of the public. Few images of first ladies in recreational roles appeared until the early twentieth century, when American women gained new status and freedom in a fast-changing society. Today along with the title first lady, the president's wife
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Andrew Jackson's Servants
President Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder who brought a large household of slave domestics with him from Tennessee to the President’s House. Many of them lived in the servant’s quarters, but the president’s body servant slept in the room with him. Jackson’s servants worked under Rachel Jackson’s management at his Tennessee home for the better part of th
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President Johnson and Civil Rights
A master of the art of practical politics, Lyndon Johnson came into the White House after the tragedy of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. He was energetic, shrewd, and hugely ambitious. Clifford Alexander, Jr., deputy counsel to the president and an African American, remembered President Johnson as a larger-than-life figure who was a tough but fair taskmaster. His le
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About The Official White House Christmas Ornament
When Jacqueline Kennedy established the White House Historical Association in 1961, she envisioned an organization that would educate and inspire Americans — and particularly children — to take part in our shared history. Twenty years later, the Association launched an initiative to celebrate that history by offering unique annual Christmas ornaments to the public. All sales of the ornaments benefit the Association’s missio
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Lady Bird Johnson's Americana
The Lyndon B. Johnson Administration began during a time of great uncertainty. In November 1963, the assassination of President Kennedy had stunned America. New First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson certainly felt a desire to help the nation heal. She chose comforting and nostalgic holiday decor during her White House years. Her 1965 and 1966 Blue Room Christmas trees were decorated in an
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Presidential Portraiture
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealePortraits Made at the White House, William Seale Face the Lens, Mr. President: A Gallery of Photographic Portraits of 19th-Century U.S. Presidents, Clifford KrainikThe Greatest Man Living, William KlossArtists' Life Studies for White House Portraits, Lydia Barker Tederick Drawing Presidents: An Artist's Reflections on Catching a Lively Likeness, John HuttonConversation with a Presidential Portraitist:
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Leslie Bowman
Leslie Greene Bowman is President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the home of Thomas Jefferson. She has spearheaded the Foundation’s vision to bring history forward into national and global dialogues — with a special emphasis on civic engagement, race and the legacies of slavery. Believing that Monticello is an essential place to unde
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Alan Dabbiere
Alan Dabbiere is Co-Chairman of OneTrust, the leading and fastest growing privacy management software platform for compliance to the EU GDPR, Privacy Shield, and other global privacy regulations.Previously Mr. Dabbiere was a founder and Chairman of AirWatch, the largest Enterprise Mobility Management provider in the world. He helped navigate the company's sale to VMware, the global leader in virtualization
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Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss is an award-winning Presidential historian and bestselling author of nine books. He is an Emmy-winning contributor to NBC News and the PBS NewsHour. He has served as Board Historian and trustee of the White House Historical Association and trustee of the National Archives Foundation. On October 9, Crown will publish his next book, Presidents of War.
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Roland Mesnier
Roland Mesnier has been pastry chef for five presidents. One of nine children born to a family in rural, post–World War II France, he began his career as a pastry apprentice at the age of twelve and made his way up, working at the world’s most prestigious hotels. In 1979, First Lady Rosalynn Carter hired him as head pastry chef
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Timothy Naftali
A graduate of Yale (B.A.) and Johns Hopkins (M.A. International Relations), Timothy Naftali received an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Harvard in 1993. In September 2017 Naftali became clinical associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences and a clinical associate professor of public service at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public