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The White House: The Historic Furnishing & First Families. Abbeville Press: 2000. ISBN 0-7892-0624-2. Seale, William. The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992 ...
The China Room is one of the rooms on the Ground Floor of the White House, the home of the president of the United States. The White House's collection of state china is displayed there. The collection ranges from George Washington's Chinese export china to Barack Obama's blue and white themed collection.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The National Archives was required to segregate and return to Nixon's estate those materials identified as purely "personal-private" or "personal-political" and unrelated to the President's constitutional and statutory duties. [2] The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Act's constitutionality in Nixon v. Administrator of General Services.
By 1969 the secretary was back in the White House collection and was loaned to the Smithsonian. [61] White House collection [62] Resolute desk: Rutherford B. Hayes: After receiving the desk in 1880, President Hayes placed it in the Green Room on exhibition until it was taken upstairs to his office on the second floor. [63]
Natalie Harp, an aide to President Donald Trump, and White House communications director Steven Cheung watch President Trump sign a series of executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 23, 2025.
During the ceremony, the White House staff present the president with the American flags that flew over the White House on the president's first and final days in office.
It shows past presidents in their element. Nixon can be seen sipping on red wine (he loved a glass of Chateau Lafite Rothschild) while an Orange Blossom Special sits on the table in front of Reagan.