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HGTV star Genevieve Gorder helped us unveil the 2015 White House Christmas Ornament at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. This 2015 ornament celebrates the presidency of Calvin Coolidge and the first lighting of the National Christmas Tree in 1923.This is the 35th annual White House Historical Association ornament, which has been produced in the United States since 1981.Stay tuned through
Gerald Ford served as the 38th president of the United States, from 1974-1977. Hugh Sidey interviewed the president at his office in Palm Desert, California, nearly 40 years after the president left office left office. His memories of his time in the White House are read here by Hugh Sidey.
These interviews with Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were compiled and edited by Time magazine White House correspondent Hugh S. Sidey for the White House Historical Association. The goal was to get observations and recollections of their times in the White House—the big things and the small things, the great moments of st
In 2005, The White House Historical Association released The White House Remembered,Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, edited by Hugh Sidey. The audio edition of this volume, read by the editor himself, is at the bottom of this article. The publication of volume 2, recollections by Presidents George H. W. Bush and
Before the White House was completed in 1800, President George Washington and his wife Martha lived first in New York City, then Philadelphia. Washington enjoyed the theater and liked to dance, especially the minuet, which he danced with great pleasure at his inaugural ball. Music in the president’s home was an intimate amusement and young Nelly Custis, the president’s musi
1790s Before the White House was completed in 1800, President George Washington and his wife Martha lived first in New York City, then Philadelphia. Washington enjoyed the theater and liked to dance, especially the minuet, which he danced with great pleasure at his inaugural ball. Read More 1800s President and Mrs. John Adams were the first occupants of the White House
