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White House History Live

White House History Live

Join us in learning more about White House History right from your own home. Our Facebook Live series, White House History Live, delves into the stories that make up the history of the Executive Mansion.

Marquis de Lafayette Returns

Featuring Elizabeth Reese

Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts, 1932-1962

Featuring William A. Harris

J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Featuring Dr. Beverly Gage

The Washingtons, The Custises, and the Making of America

Featuring Cassandra Good

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy

Featuring Dr. Stephen Knott

Behind the Scenes with David Hume Kennerly

Photographing the Ford White House

President Garfield, From Radical to Unifier

Featuring C.W. Goodyear

When Washington Burned

Featuring Dr. Robert Watson

Slavery and Freedom in the White House Collection

Discussing the Virtual Exhibition

Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency

Featuring Chris Cillizza

Indigenous DC

Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital

Lady Bird Johnson

The Life and Legacy

The Rise of Edith Wilson

Untold Power

Mourning the Presidents

Loss and Legacy in American Culture

Reclamation with Gayle Jessup White

Reclaiming a Heritage

The President of the United States Meets the King of Rock ‘n' Roll

Discussing the Virtual Exhibition

Pete Souza, Author of "The West Wing and Beyond"

Town Hall

White House Weddings

The Public's Interest in White House Ceremonies & Cakes

The White House Family Cookbook with Alex Prud’homme

Food and Cuisine in the Executive Mansion

Watergate and the White House

The Exhibits Exploring Its History

The White House: An Historic Guide

Celebrating 60 Years in Print

The Trials of Harry S. Truman

An Exploration of the Truman Presidency

Red, White and Blue on the Runway

The 1968 White House Fashion Show and the Politics of American Style

Women and the Nixon White House

The Evolving Role of Women in Public Service

A House Built by Slaves

African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House

Women at the White House

Five Untold Stories

Interpreting African-American History in the President's Neighborhood

Slave Quarters in the Historic Decatur House

Inaugurations Gone Wild

Calendar Errors, No-Shows & Other Misadventures

A Hero of Two Worlds

Marquis de Lafayette

Hiding in Plain Sight

Lady Bird Johnson

Zero Fail

A History of the Secret Service

At the Threshold of Liberty

Women, Slavery, & Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C.

Inside Camp David

The Private World of the Presidential Retreat

The Outlier

Jimmy Carter and the White House

Chocolate City

A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital

Grant's Tomb

The Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant

Rise of America's Founding Father

George Washington's Political Education

Women in the White House Collection

Women Artists in the Executive Mansion

Slavery in the President's Neighborhood: Stories of Resistance and Perseverance

A Conversation with Our Research Fellows

The Honor of Your Presence

The History of Inaugural Invitations

First Ladies and the National Portrait Gallery

“Every Eye is Upon Me”

The Syphax Family in the President's Neighborhood

A family's lineage

Protocol: The Power of Diplomacy

American Diplomatic History

Jefferson's White House

Monticello on the Potomac

The Turning Point

Parades, Protests, and the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Protest at the People's House

A History of Activism in Lafayette Square

JFK and the 48 Hours that Made History

A Discussion with Author Andrew Cohen

Five Untold Stories

Slavery at the White House

"The Cabinet" with Author Lindsay Chervinsky

Book Launch