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2018 Summer Jazz on Jackson Place - July
The White House Historical Association, in partnership with Burnett Thompson Music, is pleased to announce the 12th season of Jazz on Jackson Place. The series, presented by Burnett Thompson, regularly sells out and has become a must-see in the hot D.C. summer music scene. Ticketed admission includes entertainment, open bar, light hors d'oeuvres, tours of Decatur House, and a ch
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Press Release
Announcing 13th Annual Summer Concert Series: Jazz on Jackson Place
The White House Historical Association, in partnership with Burnett Thompson Music, is pleased to announce the 13th season of Jazz on Jackson Place. Held on select Thursdays in June, July & August in the brick courtyard behind the historic Decatur House, this series takes place a block from the White House. The performance series has become a popular attraction in
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White House History with Ann Compton: White House Sweets and Traditions
The White House Historical Association's fourth lecture in our series "White House History with Ann Compton" featured a panel of speakers, including former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier, author of "Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef’s Secrets," and East Wing expert Jennifer Pickens, author of "Entertaining at the White House: Decades of Presidential Tr
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JFK, A. Philip Randolph and the March on Washington
In the spring of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in the midst of a campaign to force the desegregation of the downtown department stores of Birmingham, Alabama. The goal was narrowly focused: persuade the city fathers to act by applying pressure through boycotts and public demonstrations. Response to that pressure, King understood, would bring a strong reaction from Eugene "
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Truman, A. Philip Randolph and the Desegregation of the Armed Forces
Though A. Philip Randolph had won a significant victory when he persuaded Franklin Roosevelt to desegregate defense industries, the armed forces serving in World War II were very much two separate armies, black and white. That goal of Randolph’s 1941 March on Washington Movement was still very much unmet. Not only were blacks segregated, but they were often denied combat ro
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John F. Kennedy and the Space Race
At the time, John F. Kennedy was serving as a United States senator from Massachusetts, and the events that were about to unfold would require the thinking and leadership of the nation’s president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yet the effects of those events would eventually come to bear on the presidency of John Kennedy. It started with the launching of Sp
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White House History Journal #30: The Presidents and the Theater
“It is not difficult to see a certain parallel presidents might sense between their own specified time on stage as head of state and the slice of life encapsulated in the duration of a play,” said William Seale, editor of White House History. “Part of being president is a performance, in which is conveyed, inescapably, a message; the White House is the
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SAVE THE DATE: 2018 Holiday Book Fair and Shopping Event
The White House Historical Association is pleased to announce its upcoming Holiday Book Fair and Shopping Event, a full day of festivities with 12 authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books. A full range of White House inspired exclusive gifts including the 2018 Official White House Ornament, will be available for purchase in addition to books. Since 1962, the White House
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1st Annual White House Holiday Shopping Event
Join us for a fun, festive day of holiday shopping, music, and treats in the White House Historical Association’s Carriage House. Former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier will be on hand to autograph his new book, The White House in Gingerbread: Memories and Recipes, and guests can enjoy shopping special holiday displays and pick up their 2015 Official White Ho
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Announcing the 2010 White House Christmas Ornament
The White House Historical Association celebrates the presidency of William McKinley (1897-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, with the release of its 30th commemorative ornament. The last Civil War veteran to serve as president, McKinley was idolized by the American people during his presidency, tragically cut short by an assassin’s bullets six months into his second term. Th