Throughout the winter of 1917, Alice Paul and her followers in the National Women's Party picketed the White House.
The three branches are of the federal government are executive (the President and the White House), legislative (the House of Representatives and the Senate) and judicial (the Supreme Court.) Today we visit all of them, but our first stop is a part of the
Serving as the home page for the United States president, the White House Web site is a mix of politics and history.
The White House Commission on Remembrance is an executive branch agency created to ensure that we remember America's fallen veterans, and to promote the National Moment of Remembrance: a minute of silence on 3 PM local time, Memorial Day.
Franklin D. Roosevelt called the White House a "house owned by all the American people." Its first cornerstone was laid on October 13, 1792. John Adams moved in eight years later, even though it wasn't quite finished. The phrase "White House" is frequentl
Serving as the home page for the United States president, the White House Web site is a mix of politics and history.
In a tradition started with the Clinton administration, kids are welcomed to the White House by the first pets: Spotty and Barney (the Bush's dogs), India (their cat) and Ofelia (a longhorn cow.
For students of all ages, the White House Historical Society is my pick of the day.
"This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a planter and surveyor, some 5,000 acres of land, and from his mother, a Randolph, high social standing.
