White House Wednesdays

ENTERTAINING  |  PETS  |  CHRISTMAS  |  TRADITIONS  |  EVENTS
Nov 13, 2023
President and Mrs. Kennedy along with Caroline and John Jr. sit on the Truman Balcony watching the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment on the South Lawn of the White House, November 13, 1963. President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy invited a number of schoolchildren in the area to attend the performance. The Black Watch… Read More

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Dallas author and speaker, Jennifer Pickens documents the lives of presidents spanning a half a century inside the world's most famous address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Entertaining at the White House

Entertaining at the White House

A new book by Jennifer B. Pickens

Foreword by First Lady Melania Trump

Entertaining at the White House: Decades of Presidential Traditions richly documents 60 years of entertaining customs at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Available November 2019.

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