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The White House Historical Association Offices740 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006For mailing please use: P.O. Box 27624 Washington, D.C. 20038
In July 2012, the National Park Service’s White House Visitor Center began undergoing a $12.6 million revitalization through a public-private partnership with the White House Historical Association. The Association's donation of $12.5 million for the project and operating endowment helped make this extraordinary public resource possible. David M. Rubenstein's gift of $5 million to the Association for the White House Visitor Center ensures ce
This event will be held at the White House Historical Association. Arrive at the entrance at 748 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, D.C. for the symposium on May 4, 2017. May 4 Program 8:30am - 9:15am Registration and light French breakfast in Decatur House9:15am - 9:30am Break and transition to Carriage House9:30am - 9:45am WelcomeThe Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., Chairman of
Read Digital EditionForeword: William SealeThe President, the Press, and Proximity: The Creation of the White House Press Center, James A. JacobsBeyond the Press Room: Reporting from the White House Grounds Photo EssayThe White House Remembered: Volume 2, Recollections by Presidents George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton, Edited by Hugh SideyLincoln in His Shop: How a President Opened His Doors
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Man Who Came to Dinner at the White House: Alexander Woollcott Visits the Roosevelts, Mary Jo Binker The Curse of the Presidential Musical: Mr. President and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Amy HendersonFord's Theatre and the White House, William O'Brien The American Presidents and Shakespeare, Paul F. Boller Jr.Opera for the President: Superstars and Song in
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealePresident Grover Cleveland's Goodwill Tour of 1887, John H. White Jr."Off for the Ditch": Theodore and Edith Roosevelt Visit Panama in 1906, Catherine ForslundMotor Cars Come to the White House, Hillary MannionThe Presidents and the National Parks, Gary ScottA White House Exhibit on the National Parks, Lydia Tederick"A Journey into Nowhere": The Redirected Vacation of
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeKitchen Past: Thoughts on Open Hearth Cooking for the Presidents, Alice RossA Look at the White House Kitchens, Lydia Barker TederickMy White House Years, Roland MesnierPreparation of the Menu for the Prince of Wales Dinner in 2005, Cristeta ComerfordWhite House Wines, Daniel ShanksHome Cooking in the White House, Barbara HaberA Bit of Architectural History Comes In from
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealePresidents as Horsemen, William B. BushongArlington's Ceremonial Horses and Funerals at the White House, Claire A. FaulknerAndrew Jackson's Constitution Carriage, Marsha MullinTen Notable Horses, Gwendolyn K. WhiteBuy NowSubscribe to White House History
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealePresidents and First Ladies in the Movies: Presence, Personality, and Power, Ron J. KellerPresidential Stardust: Fame, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity, Amy HendersonSets and Locations: The White House Re-Created, Diane LedermanD.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation": An Early "Blockbuster" Visits the White House, Elise K. KirkMovie Stars at the Dinner Table, William SealeWhite
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeAnimal Fantasies and Fables in Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks, Jonathan GrossButterflies in Art and Flight at the White House, William KlossWhite House Squirrels: "Both Pets and Pests", Jonathan PliskaTheodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, and the Environmentalist Movement, Robert K. MusilThe Story of Thanksgiving at the White House, William BushongPresident Andrew Johnson's Grizzly Bear Chair: A Gift from
Read Digital VersionDeath and the President's House, William Seale "First in War, First in Peace," and First in Death: A History of Presidential Mourning, Matthew CostelloMedical Mystery: President William Henry Harrison Succumbs to a Fatal Illness in the White House, Richard F. GrimmettAbraham Lincoln's Funeral Train: The Solemn Journey from Washington to Springfield, John WhiteSociety Calls on Widow Mary Todd
Read Digital Edition Foreword, Robert L. BreedenWhite House Album: Beauty and History Preserved in Stone, William SealeThe Stonemasons Who Built the White House, William SealeThe Quarries at Aquia and Seneca, Gary ScottRestoring the Original White House Stone, Patrick J. PlunkettThe Politics of Public Building: William Thornton and President's Square, C.M. HarrisThe White House Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Betty C. Monkman