Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament. These unique collectibles — honoring individual presidents or specific White House anniversaries — have become part of the holiday tradition for millions of American families.

Collection The President's Neighborhood. Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to have influence—have bought property and built homes and offices …

Weddings and the White House. From First Lady Dolley Madison's sister Lucy Payne Washington's wedding in 1812 to the nuptials of President Joseph Biden and First Lady Jill Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden on the South Lawn in November 2022, the White House has long been the site of wedding ceremonies and receptions.

In the damp, cold winter of 1800 and 1801, she made the White House a home for her husband, granddaughter Susanna and President Adams's secretary, William Smith Shaw. Mrs. Adams kept warm by keeping the doors closed to her room, but lamps to light the house were lacking, and a number of things, including a tea set, had been broken or stolen en ...

If today the move is for a little relaxation, in the early republic it was considered a necessity for health. Thomas Jefferson, the first president to live full-term in the White House, used to stand in the windows of his office — today’s State Dining Room — and look southward as the white fog formed on the marshes where the Ellipse is ...

2023年8月18日 · John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, was the first US President to live in the White House. Having taken office in 1797, before the residence was completed, the Adams family (John ...

There is a popular misconception that the White House was first painted white to cover the scorch marks left by British soldiers who burned the house on August 24, 1814. In fact, the White House first received a lime-based whitewash in 1798 to protect its sandstone exterior from moisture and cracking during winter freezes.

Electricity was first installed at the White House in 1891 during President Benjamin Harrison’s administration as part of a project for wiring the State, War, and Navy Building next door, today’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Although John Adams was the first president to occupy the Executive Mansion in November 1800, it was Thomas Jefferson who first celebrated the Fourth of July at the White House in 1801. Jefferson opened the house and greeted diplomats, civil and military officers, citizens, and Cherokee chiefs in the center of the oval saloon (today's Blue Room).

Page The Presidents and the Theatre. Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Man Who Came to Dinner at the White House: Alexander Woollcott Visits the Roosevelts, Mary Jo Binker The Curse of the Presidential Musical: Mr. President and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Amy HendersonFord's Theatre and the White House, William O'Brien The American Presidents and …