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White House Historical Association. 1610 H Street NW. Washington, DC 20006 US. Back to top. Donor Support membership@whha.org. 202-760-2365. The White House Historical Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization enhancing understanding of the White House and is supported by official White...
For Students and Teachers. The below digital notebook was created by the White House Historical Association to assist students and teachers using “The White House 360 Virtual Tour” in their classrooms. Even if students are learning in a virtual, in-person, or hybrid format, these materials are accessible and will accompany them on their ...
A Lasting Legacy. President Jimmy Carter’s commitment to human rights, conflict resolution, and the environment are part of the rich history told through the Official 2024 White House Christmas Ornament. Since 1981, THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION has been proud to design and manufacture the Official White House Christmas Ornament.
White House Historical Association. The historic furnishings in the White House provide a glimpse into the ways that first families have lived and worked for over 200 years. These desks, chairs, and other items allow the Executive Mansion to serve as both the home and the office of the president. Each piece of furniture has a history of its own.
Find out how to make the most of your visit through the White House Visitor’s Center, an interactive museum that we’ve helped to renovate and maintain in partnership with the National Park Service. You might also enjoy our unique cultural and educational programs, many of which take place in the historic Decatur House just a block away from ...
White paint has nothing to do with covering the burning of the house by the British in 1814. The building was first made white with lime-based whitewash in 1798, when its walls were finished, simply as a means of protecting the porous stone from freezing. Congressman Abijah Bigelow wrote to a colleague on March 18, 1812 (three months before the ...
The Solarium’s history is both public and private. The Solarium as decorated during the George W. Bush administration, 2009. White House Historical Association. More than eighty years after the Coolidges added their “Sky Parlor,” the Solarium remains unique among White House rooms.
The term “White House” was occasionally used in newspapers and periodicals throughout the nineteenth century, but most journalists, citizens, and visitors referred to it as either the “President’s House” or the “Executive Mansion.”. On October 17, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary George B. Cortelyou sent a letter ...
The Andrew Jackson equestrian statue in Lafayette Park is familiar to most of the world in its place in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. The original sculpture was erected in 1853. Thereafter the sculptor, Clark Mills, made replicas for New Orleans in 1856 and for Nashville in 1880. A fourth copy was cast as recently as 1987 for ...
Apr 16, 2014 · White House Historical Association. A redecoration of the East Room carried out in 1873-74 for President Ulysses S. Grant added the glow and shimmering light of massive gas chandeliers. As the twentieth century opened, the room’s opulent Victorian décor, then ridiculed as “steamboat Gothic,” gave way to the Beaux-Arts style in 1902.
