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Press Release
White House Historical Association Celebrates 60th Anniversary
The White House Historical Association, founded by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2021 with a new logo and new publications, events, initiatives, and programming throughout the year. The Association also looks forward to ongoing work with the President and First Lady. In 2021, the Association will begin a collaboration with the 12th President and First Lady over
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White House History Camp: Exploring the President's Neighborhood
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live or work in the White House? Join the National Park Service and the White House Historical Association for our first ever summer camp all about the President’s House! Campers will become explorers, historians, preservationists, artists and more as they explore White House history, the White House neighborhood, and the nati
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Educational Resource
White House Welcome
Teacher's TextAs America's head of state, the president of the United States welcomes guests from across the country and around the world to the "people's house." For many foreign leaders, the White House is their introduction to the United States, and the experience these visitors have at the President's House may be critical to establishing relations between governments. This was
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The Kennedy Rose Garden Open House
Our summer Open House celebrates the history of the Kennedy Rose Garden and the rich tradition of gardening at the White House. Enhance your visit to our special exhibit, The Kennedy Rose Garden, Traditionally American, as we partner with the American Horticultural Society, the National Park Service, and Smithsonian Gardens to offer educational resources and garden-inspired activities for all ages,
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2016 White House History Summer Camp: Exploring the President's Neighborhood
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live or work in the White House? Join the National Park Service and the White House Historical Association for our second annual summer camp all about the President’s House! Campers will become explorers, historians, preservationists, artists and more as they explore White House history, the White House neighborhood, and the nati
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The President's Neighborhood Open House
Come explore the history of the President’s Neighborhood at our Summer Open House! Learn about the incredible people and buildings that have been neighbors to the White House for the past two centuries. Take a stroll through our special exhibition about the history and preservation of Lafayette Square, and explore neighborhood-themed crafts in the Carriage House with our partners fr
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Press Release
NEW BOOK Coming this Summer - The Stephen Decatur House on Lafayette Square: A History
The White House Historical Association will release its newest book The Stephen Decatur House on Lafayette Square: A History, in July. Timed to mark the bicentennial of the house in the president’s neighborhood, the book is the first comprehensive history of the house, its occupants, architecture, collections, preservation, and evolution from private home to historic site, as well as it
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Press Release
New “White House Experience” Mobile App
The White House Historical Association is pleased announce its new free mobile application for both iOS and Android which offers, for the first time ever, virtual educational tours of the White House and surrounding President’s Neighborhood. The app features three separate tour experiences for in-person visitors and those who want to learn about the White House from afar. The ap
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Press Release
Sixty Teachers Invited to Washington for Immersive Week-Long “White House History Teacher Institute”
The White House Historical Association will host two sessions of its annual White House History Teacher Institute July 16 – 20 and July 23-27. The five-day immersive workshops brings a select group of educators from across the country to Washington to learn about White House history – an experience that includes special site visits, conversations with former White House staffers, lectures from White House hist
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Event
Inside the Stephen Decatur House: The First and Last Private Residence in Lafayette Square
Just across Lafayette Square from the White House, the Stephen Decatur House, completed in 1819, is one of the oldest homes in Washington. Designed by the first professional architect in America, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, for one of the greatest naval heroes in American history, the Decatur House has welcomed 200 years of America’s political elite. After Decatur’s death when tenants rent
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NEW BOOK: To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the White House Neighborhood By William Seale
The White House Historical Association has announced its forthcoming book, To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the White House Neighborhood, by historian and author Dr. William Seale, out May 15, 2019. This publication details the lives of those who once lived in Lafayette Square, just across from Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House, when the fashionable neighborhood was a
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Press Release
NEW Podcast Episode Focuses on New WHHA Book about Historic Lafayette Square
The White House Historical Association’s (WHHA) new episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “Life on Lafayette Square,” features a conversation with noted historian and author William Seale, who has written about White House history for more than 40 years. Host Stewart McLaurin, President of WHHA, interviews Seale about his new book, To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the Presid