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The White House Historical Association (WHHA) will be selling the Official 2019 White House Easter Eggs beginning on March 15, 2019. Additionally, the limited-edition wooden eggs will be given as gifts to children attending the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 22, 2019. The eggs will be available for purchase to the public while supplies last.
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
Today, the White House Historical Association’s Digital Library turned three years old and now offers over 11,000 images and documents related to the history of the White House and continues to grow rapidly. The Digital Library, which originally launched in March 2016 with just over 2,000 images, is open to the public at no cost. This free access enables users to access a
The White House Historical Association has announced the Official 2019 White House Christmas Ornament honoring the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The helicopter ornament symbolizes Eisenhower’s achievement as the first sitting president to fly in a helicopter in 1957, as well as his example of fairness and innovation by combining the two he flew in: Army and Marine Corps aircrafts. The Of
Today, the White House Historical Association has released the third edition of its publication Art in the White House by noted art historian William Kloss. This exciting new edition features information about acquisitions added to the White House fine arts collection within the last ten years. New acquisitions include works by Roy Lichtenstein, Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alma Thomas.
January 31, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) — The White House Historical Association and David M. Rubenstein, in partnership with Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University and the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), have awarded Alexandra Connor the 2018 Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship in Print Journalism. Connor will receive $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. this spring. During her D.C.
The latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “White House Military Social Aides,” was released today by The White House Historical Association (WHHA). Association President Stewart McLaurin speaks with former White House Social Secretary Ann Stock, and three former Military Social Aides: former U.S. Senator and Governor Charles “Chuck” S. Robb, current Chairman and former CEO of C-SPAN, Brian Lamb, and Kenn
The White House Historical Association is proud to announce its new 2019 lecture series White House History with Ann Compton. Compton, a former award winning ABC News White House correspondent, will lead three engaging talks covering a range of topics, including: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Suffrage Movement, and First Lady Patricia Nixon. The lecture series will kick off this February
This February, the White House Historical Association will release a new issue of its award-winning White House History Quarterly. “Fashion and the First Ladies in the Mid-20th Century White House, White House History Number 52” explores the evolving fashions of first ladies from the 1930s to the 1970s and influences including the economy, war, social change, patriotism, and politics. This fasc