George Washington - White House Historical Association
On February 22, 1732, George was born to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. He spent most of his childhood at Ferry Farm on the Rappahannock River. All of the homes and plantations where Washington lived were maintained by enslaved labor. When George was eleven, his father died and he became a slave owner. As a result, George did not receive a ...
The Life and Presidency of Jimmy Carter - White House Historical ...
The Official 2024 White House Christmas Ornament Historical Essay. President Jimmy Carter’s official portrait was made by artist Herbert Abrams in 1982 and is displayed in the White House today. James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924, in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia, about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
The Presidents Timeline - White House Historical Association
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 …
The Life and Presidency of Gerald R. Ford - White House Historical ...
Everett Raymond Kinstler’s portrait of Gerald R. Ford, commissioned by the White House Historical Association, was unveiled May 24, 1978. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 14, 1913, the year his parents, Leslie and Dorothy King, divorced.
White House Dimensions - White House Historical Association
White House Dimensions. Basic numbers and facts about the White House and its rooms. The White House is 168 feet (51.2 meters) long. The White House is 85 feet 6 inches (26.1 meters) wide without porticoes; 152 feet wide with porticoes. The overall height of the White House (to the top of the roof) is 70 feet on the south and 60 feet 4 inches ...
Roles of the President - White House Historical Association
Featuring Iain Dale, award-winning British author and radio and podcast host. On July 11, 1798, Congress passed legislation that created the United States Marine Corps and the Marine Band, America's oldest professional musical organization. The United States Marine Band has been nicknamed "The President's Own" because of its historic connection ...
The Johnson White House 1963 - 1969
The Johnson White House 1963 - 1969. On November 22, 1963, about two hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson took the Oath of Office, becoming the thirty-sixth President of the United States. Prior to serving as vice president, Johnson had represented his home state of Texas for more than ...
Theodore Roosevelt - White House Historical Association
Theodore Roosevelt. With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, age 42, became the youngest president in the nation’s history. He brought new excitement and power to the presidency, as he briskly led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and an aggressive foreign policy.
The Life and Presidency of John F. Kennedy
2020年2月17日 · The White House Historical Association’s 2020 Official White House Christmas Ornament honors John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States.The youngest president since Theodore Roosevelt, Kennedy took office in January 1961, at age 43.Before his vibrant presidency was cut short by an assassin’s bullet on November 22, 1963, …
Abraham Lincoln - White House Historical Association
The son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham had to struggle for a living and for learning. Shortly before receiving his party’s nomination for president, he sketched his life: “I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families—second families, perhaps I should say.