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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
The White House Historical Association will host the Presidential Sites Summit August 27-30. The 4-day national gathering, themed “Back to the White House,” will draw leaders from presidential sites across the country - and from across the spectrum of the historical professions- reconnecting them with the domain that defined every presidency: the White House. The Summit begins with an opening cere
The White House Historical Association will unveil the Official 2018 White House Christmas Ornament, honoring the presidency of Harry S. Truman, during a President’s Day celebration held by the Truman Library Institute in President Truman’s hometown of Independence, Missouri. The ornament unveiling will feature remarks from Association President Stewart McLaurin and Director of the Truman Library, Dr. Kurt Graham. Duri
The White House Historical Association joins the nation in its remembrance of First Lady Barbara Bush and the warmth, care for others, love of country, and humor she brought to her roles as Second and First Lady of the United States. Beginning, APRIL 18, 2018 at 9:00AM, an official condolence book for First Lady Barbara Bush will be available for the public
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes center stage in the latest episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast. Margaret Leslie Davis, author of Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy & DaVinci’s Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation, sits down with White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin to tell the story of Mrs. Kennedy’s ambitious plan in 1963 to burnish America’s inte
The White House Historical Association has appointed Tina Tchen and Ben C. Sutton, Jr. to its Board of Directors. Tchen brings to the board her experience having served eight years in the White House under President Barack Obama in a number of positions, including Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, Assistant to the President, Executive Director of the
The White House Historical Association has partnered with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Galerie Magazine to host a conversation with Margaret Leslie Davis, award-winning author its new edition, Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci’s Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation. The book tells the story of Jacqueline Kennedy’s critical role in succ
The White House Historical Association announced today the pre-sale of its new edition of Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci’s Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation. First released by DeCapo Press in 2008, the book has been enhanced and expanded by the White House Historical Association with images of items drawn from the archives of the Na
The White House Historical Association today announced the publication of the Spring 2018 issue of its quarterly journal White House History. This rich new issue, titled Political Cartoons and the White House, explores America’s tradition of political satire of current events and examines the role of the White House in the history of political cartoons. This issue features an exclusive es