On that day, President Jefferson opened the White House to diplomats, civil and military officers, citizens and Cherokee chiefs in what was known as the Oval Saloon (today’s Blue Room).

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...

According to the White House Historical Association, in 1801, "President Thomas Jefferson who first established the traditions of a Fourth of July celebration at the White House. President ...

Many dignitaries have visited the President's House through the centuries. Four of our country's early presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Tyler—were welcomed there, ...

A glance at changing public access and security at the White House: 1801-1809: President Thomas Jefferson opens doors of the mansion each day so visitors can browse the staterooms.

The years inside “the president’s mansion,” as the one-year-old White House was known back in 1801, hardly measured up to Jefferson’s good times in the City of Lights or his lavish ...

In the early 1860s, at the height of the Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis became a very paranoid man. His army was struggling against the Union, which was getting mysteriously ...

But it was under President Barack Obama that the annual White House iftar dinner began to cause a bigger stir — in part because the president resurrected the story of Jefferson’s 1805 dinner with ...

President GEORGE W. BUSH: In this house, President Jefferson spread the word that liberty was the right of every individual. In this house, Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark off on the mission that ...