The nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, this exhibition lies at the heart ... through the individuals who have shaped it. Ever since George Washington ...
A rare portrait of George ... a white ruffled shirt. His blue eyes gaze directly at the viewer. Stuart painted the work in late 1795. Around the same time, he also created several other Washington ...
The first time I went on a White House tour six years ago ... The large hall is decorated with the portraits of George and ...
The graying hair has been preserved in a locket that was given to a family friend of the Washingtons and passed down the ...
Skylar Pinchal Coysh discusses the most defining moments of the White House’s interiors and talks to the Obama-era designer ...
My book on Mencken, H.L. Mencken: A Portrait From Memory ... wrote a paragraph about military men in the White House and wrote of George Washington that he had been born in England.
It's no secret that many former U.S. presidents were dog lovers. The rooms and grounds of the White House have long been the ...
President Joe Biden and senior White House aides have pivoted from their dire warnings about fascism, talking up the same ...
President Joe Biden pledged a smooth transition as he welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday ...
A teary voter tours the People’s House and tries to find perspective in the relics of the “Honest and Wise Men” who came ...
George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded it dramatically over the decades — most of the work being done by people enslaved at Mount Vernon, officials said. By the time of Washington’s death ...
The slaves of George Washington ... percent were the Washington family, white hired workers, and their families. The largest slave community, ninety people, lived at Mansion House Farm, many ...