Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
Featuring Mark K. Updegrove, author and President and CEO of the LBJ Foundation
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Featuring Mark K. Updegrove, author and President and CEO of the LBJ Foundation
Cuisine is a central part of life at the White House. From State Dinners and diplomatic receptions to private meals and family events, the White House executive chef and their team feed some of the most influential people in the world. The menus, ingredients, and flavors selected by the culinary staff often convey the personality, taste, budget, and lifestyle of
Portraits have long served the purpose of connecting contemporary audiences to people of the past. Portraits not only depict the appearance of their subjects and the fashions of the time, but they provide insights about the artists and those who commissioned them. At the end of the nineteenth century, several women’s groups engaged in all steps of the process of
The White House Historical Association’s popular “History Happy Hour” event has been honored for Best Virtual and Remote Arts & Culture program in the 26th Annual Webby Awards. History Happy Hour is a biweekly virtual program in which experts weigh in on a variety of historical topics, share their insights, answer audience questions, and enjoy presidential-inspired libations. Created in April
Our 2022 symposium, The Presidency and Historic Preservation, will be a day-long event hosted by the White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This symposium will feature prominent scholars, historians, preservationists, and professionals who will discuss preserving presidential sites; women in historic preservation; presidential sites of enslavement; and preservation of the White House. It will
A history of the American presidents in song. Lyrics and musical adaptation by Genevieve Ryan Bellaire.
Historian Jon White discusses his recent book, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House, which details how President Abraham Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House during America’s most divided and war-torn era. White will discuss why Lincoln’s unprecedented welcoming of African American men and women to the White House transformed the
The 2022 Presidential Sites Summit was hosted by the White House Historical Association at the historic Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Summit incorporated sessions on a variety of topics from fundraising and civic engagement to recognizing inclusive presidential histories. This video includes two such sessions from the afternoon of Thursday, March 17. The first session, Donor Cultivation in a Post-Pandemic Environment,
The 2022 Presidential Sites Summit was hosted by the White House Historical Association at the historic Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Summit incorporated sessions on a variety of topics from fundraising and civic engagement to recognizing inclusive presidential histories. This video includes two such sessions from the morning of Thursday, March 17. The first session, Towards Inclusive History: Slavery and Race,
The 2022 Presidential Sites Summit was hosted by the White House Historical Association at the historic Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Summit incorporated sessions on a variety of topics from fundraising and civic engagement to recognizing inclusive presidential histories. This video includes one session from the afternoon of Wednesday, March 16. The session, First Ladies' Impact and Influence, features:Theresa Behrendt,
The 2022 Presidential Sites Summit was hosted by the White House Historical Association at the historic Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Summit incorporated sessions on a variety of topics from fundraising and civic engagement to recognizing inclusive presidential histories. This video includes two such sessions from the morning of Wednesday, March 16. The first session, Sparking Civic Engagement through History Education,
As the White House Easter Egg roll reopens, the White House Historical Association is offering new resources and virtual activities to help American families everywhere be part of the springtime tradition. The fun, educational games and activities can be completed online with a chance to win a set of the now sold out Official 2022 White House Easter Eggs! “We’re plea