As First Lady, Caroline Harrison was perhaps the first genuine Domestic Goddess of the White House. Her grey hair and round figure belied her sharp wit, interest in history, progressive ideas on health and women’s equality, and activist personality. It… Read More ›
History
Once Banned in Boston: Mince No Pie in the Old Bay State
Cakes may rise and fall on matters as minor as baking powder but for some pies it is a matter of politics. Christmas Day is over but in earlier times, it was simply a highpoint of the long winter days… Read More ›
Jackie Kennedy’s Last White House Days & What She Found in JFK’s Desk
Two weeks to the day that her husband was assassinated, presidential widow Jacqueline Kennedy moved out of the White House. It was December 6, 1963. This article has been converted into a pay-per-view ePublication, and is available here for reading and… Read More ›
Feast Beasts: Two Pilgrim Dogs At the First Thanksgiving
We know their breed, but not their names. We know they sailed over on the Mayflower and were part of the first settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Plantation in December of 1620, but we don’t know if they were… Read More ›
JFK’s Children: John’s Birthday on his Father’s Burial Day & How Caroline Was Told JFK was Gone
The absence of their mother during the shocking aftermath of their father’s murder had led to several hours of uncertainty about who should first break the news to Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy, Jr. and how it should be explained…. Read More ›
The House that Jackie Built: Home Movie Inside the Kennedy Weekend Home
Later in life she mused that she might have studied architecture, so interested was she in the design and flowing layout of rooms as the primary blueprint for creating the interior furnishings of a beautiful home. Jackie Kennedy came close… Read More ›
The Kennedy Family’s Last Public Appearance Together
Among the many public projects of Jacqueline Kennedy as First Lady which continue to be overlooked was her ongoing effort to use the expanse of the great South Lawn of the White House as an outdoor space to provide entertainment… Read More ›
The White House in San Francisco
Few people may know there was a President Warren G. Harding, let alone that he spent the last days of his life in the presidential suite of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, where he died suddenly on the evening… Read More ›
The Disabled First Lady with the Napkin-Covered Face Myth
Only after he had died while he was President did the general public finally learn what most of the White House press corps knew, but had tacitly agreed not to disclose: while leading the nation through the Great Depression and… Read More ›
The Remnants of McKinley’s Canton, Ohio: Photo Gallery
It’s always easy to visualize a place one researches or reads about during a particular period of time. However illogical, it is still a bit jarring to realize how radically changed any one place will usually be from the period… Read More ›
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