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History Happy Hour: You’re Invited to “Entertaining at the White House”
As part of the White House Historical Association’s 2023 Presidential Sites Summit, History Happy Hour will be live streaming a special evening event, “Entertaining at the White House.” This panel will highlight the importance of the White House as a stage for hospitality and diplomacy, live from the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Dr. Anthea Hartig (Elizabeth MacMillan Director, National Museum
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The White House Historical Association’s 2023 Presidential Sites Summit
The White House Historical Association hosted its biennial Presidential Sites Summit at the historic Mayflower Hotel with special events at the White House, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History this week, September 25-28. The Summit, themed “Change and Continuity,” drew leaders from presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums across the country to discuss changes in historic inte
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Mona Lisa in Camelot Now Available as an eBook and Coming Soon as an Audiobook for the First Time
In one of the greatest diplomatic coups of the Cold War era, First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy arranged with French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux to loan the Mona Lisa to the United States at a moment of political estrangement between the two nations. In December 1962, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa crossed the Atlantic from Paris to the United States wh
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White House Historical Association Announces Marlyne Sexton Chair in White House History
The White House Historical Association has announced that it will establish an endowed position, the Marlyne Sexton Chair in White House History, in honor of Marlyne Sexton, cabinet member on the National Council for White House History. The endowment will provide financial support for the Chair in perpetuity. “It is a great honor to establish this endowed chair position,” said Stew
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“The White House and the Sea” NEW ISSUE of White House History Quarterly
The White House Historical Association today released the 71st issue of its award-winning magazine, White House History Quarterly, “The White House and the Sea.” With this issue of the Quarterly we follow America’s presidents to sea, where so many chapters of White House history have been written. The presidents have sought peace at sea, relaxed, dined, and celebrated at sea, a
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WINE AND THE WHITE HOUSE: A History
Praise for WINE AND THE WHITE HOUSE: “The Washington Post publisher tells a comprehensive story of the American presidents through the grapes and glasses they drank from.” —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, New & Noteworthy “. . . lavishly illustrated and strictly bipartisan . . . the book delves widely . . . into how presidents have chosen to highlight ceremonies, foster diplomacy, and heavily promote the American wine industry
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NEW Episode: The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “The History of Wine and the White House”
The White House Historical Association released a new episode of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast today featuring a conversation on the long and important history of wine for presidents’ palates and life in the White House. Sitting in the wine cellar at The Jefferson hotel, just blocks from the White House, Stewart McLaurin, president of the Association, chats with Frederick J.
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NEW ISSUE of White House History Quarterly “On the Move”
The White House Historical Association today released the 72nd issue of its award-winning magazine, White House History Quarterly, “On the Move,” a collection of stories of the historic journeys made by both people and things to and from the White House. On the morning of May 16, 1978, First Lady Rosalynn Carter crossed Pennsylvania Avenue and walked through Lafayette Park to board the
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History Happy Hour: The Undiplomat
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White House History 29: Special Spaces
Are there secret tunnels? Special spaces at the White House are usually those created by the presidents for their own use while resident there. There are special spaces for retreats, for improvement of living, and for looks. White House History 29: Special Spaces touches upon some that exist and some that do not. Included are the long-vanished White House stables, the
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Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day": Entertaining
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