This article is about the Inauguration of President John Quincy Adams and was published in Niles' Weekly Register on March 12, 1825. The article describes the events of the Inauguration and Adams's outfit which was a "plain suit of black". John Quincy Adams was the son of President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams. Prior to his presidency, President Adams was a diplomat to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, and the United Kingdom. He served as Secretary of State under President James Monroe and is the only president who went on to serve in the United States House of Representatives after being president. Adams represented his home state, Massachusetts, in the House.
Program for Worship Service in the East Room, 1972
White House Calligraphy Office
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This is the left-side interior of an event program for a religious service conducted in the East Room on the morning of Sunday, March 19, 1972. Raised in a devout Quaker household, President Richard M. Nixon began hosting Sunday morning religious services in the East Room shortly after beginning his presidency. This event program is for the 35th such worship service conducted during the Nixon presidency. At this service, deputy administrator of the Veteran's Administration Fred Burnett Rhodes led prayers, while the "Campus Sing" choir from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri provided music. President Nixon also spoke to the congregation. Following the religious service, guests enjoyed coffee in the State Dining Room. This page of the program also includes a newspaper clipping from an article by the Associated Press about the service. To view the complete program, see 1127092.
This program is part of a personal collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. Haller served five first families and their distinguished guests as executive chef of the White House from 1966-1987.
Last Christmas at the White House, White House Collection
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White House Collection
This article written by Robert Lincoln O'Brien, former White House Executive Clerk, describes the Roosevelt family's last Christmas at the White House.
This front page edition of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" features a wood engraving print of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Published on May 6, 1865, the engraving shows John Wilkes Booth leaping from the Presidential Box at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. to the stage below moments after he shot the president, who is hidden by curtains surrounding the box. President and Mrs. Lincoln were attending the play "Our American Cousin".