The History of Wine and the White House
Featuring Frederick J. Ryan, author of “Wine and the White House: A History" and member of the White House Historical Association’s National Council on White House History
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite. Americans panicked. President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded from the Oval Office, reassuring the public and turning America’s attention towards outer space. For the next twenty years, the United States embarked upon an ambitious quest for space supremacy with the White House at the center of it all. Determined to outperform the Soviet Union in the midst of the Cold War, American presidents reached for the stars to put man on the moon.
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, check out this gallery to explore the White House and the Space Race.