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Life in the Lincoln White House: Part I
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeTad Lincoln and His Tutor, Alexander Williamson, Elizabeth Smith BrownsteinMusic in Lincoln's White House, Elise K. KirkPhotographs of the Lincoln White House, Lydia TederickA Gallery of Individuals Major and Minor from Lincoln's Time in the White HouseThe Locomotive Tea Set: A Gift from France, John H.White Jr. Buy Now Subscribe to White House History
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Away from the Glare: Presidential Retreats
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeThe Private Villa Retreat of Thomas Jefferson, Travis McDonaldThe Soldiers' Home: First Presidential Retreat, William SealeThe New Deal and the Catoctin Presidential Camps, Barbara KirkconnellTruman Beach: The 33rd President at Key West, Larry Lauder KnutsonWalker's Point: A Visit to the Maine Retreat of President George H. W. Bush, Hugh S. SideyBuy NowSubscribe to White House History
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Valerie Strauss
Valerie Strauss is an education writer at The Washington Post, where she has worked for 30 years. At the Post, she has covered a variety of education beats — both local and national — and now authors The Answer Sheet blog. It focuses on education and everything connected to it, which, in her view, is just about every subject under the sun. She view
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Kenneth T. Walsh
Kenneth T. Walsh is a writer and analyst for U.S. News & World Report specializing in the White House and Washington, and a historian who has published eight books on the presidency. He has covered the White House for more than 32 years for U.S. News, was U.S. News’ chief White House correspondent, and for many years wrote bo
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Adan Canto
Adan Canto is a skilled and versatile actor. Canto last starred on ABC’s hit political drama Designated Survivor, opposite Kiefer Sutherland for two seasons. He has also appeared on Netflix’s critically-acclaimed series Narcos series working alongside Wagner Moura. On the film side, he was featured in the 20th Century Fox film X-Men: Days of Future Past as ‘Sunspot’. He recen
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White House Associations with Public Schools in the District of Columbia
After the Civil War, the nation's capital became a magnet for foreign diplomats and people who had made fortunes in the North and West. They flocked to the city to influence policy and to seek support from and influence with the United States. Among the schools frequented by their children was the Force School, located at 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, close
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Equestrian Sports & Leisure Pursuits
Many modern presidents have had a casual interest in horseback riding, particularly as a vacation sport. However, no modern president has had a stronger association with horses than Ronald Reagan. His career in films and his own recreation demanded that he ride well. As president, he was comfortable in the saddle or simply working with his horses. Nothing pleased him
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Presidents at the Races
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson took immense pride in their horses and bred them to improve the bloodlines of saddle, work, carriage and racehorses. Early presidents loved horse racing, the most popular sport in America at that time. George Washington,
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Reading Lists & Bibliography
General White House Bibliography:Aikman, Lonnelle. The Living White House. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 1996. Cunliffe, Marcus. The American Heritage History of the Presidency. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1968. Dowd, Mary-Jane M., compiler. Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital - Record Group 42 Inventory No. 16. Washington, D.C.: National
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African American Performers at the White House
Beginning with James Buchanan’s administration in the 1850s, black entertainers have held a prime spot among White House performers. Their contribution to the musical history of the White House has been a rich and generally little known segment of American cultural life. A performance by Thomas Greene Bethune, "Blind Tom" created a sensation in 1859. Although blind and likely autistic, he
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Booker T. Washington Visits the White House
Theodore Roosevelt became president after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. The early months of his administration were a tense period of trial and error as Roosevelt had not been elected president. Fond of dinners as a means of entertaining, the Roosevelts held them nearly every night over the last few months of 1901 and constructed the guest lists with