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The evolution of the White House’s interior design under a succession of presidents was discussed as part of a conference hosted by the White House Historical Association.

Historian Sarah Fling talked about the evolution of White House state dinners since the first one in 1874.

White House Historical Association historian Sarah Fling talked about the workers who, since 1800, have kept the White House running for presidential families, government officials and visit…

Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe enslaved African Americans on their Virginia plantations. Sara Bon-Harper of Monroe’s home Highland and Andrew Davenport from Jefferson’s Montice…

The first White House curator was hired during the Kennedy administration to oversee a growing art collection. Public history fellow Sarah Fling discussed the women artists whose work is par…