WHITE HOUSE AT WAR :  1812  |  Mexico  |  Civil War  |  Span-Am  |  WWI  |  WWII  |  Cold War  |  Korea  |  Vietnam  |  Gulf


White House History Themes: "White House at War" / [by-theme links page]


War of 1812

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1790-1825") by-era media presentation]
"White House Tour: Overview" / [online presentation (re: brief mention)]
White House Tour: Overview / [short essay (re: brief mention)]
White House History Timelines: James Madison / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Architecture / [(re: "1810s") by-era historical timeline]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
Classroom: "Saving History, Dolley Madison & the War of 1812" / [primary document lesson plan]
Classroom: "The Bank War, 1832" / [primary document lesson plan (re: mentions impact War of 1812 on later events)]
Classroom: "Building the White House" / [4-8 lesson (re: reconstruction of White House burned during War of 1812)]
White House History Journal: "The Burning of Washington" / [PDF article by Anthony S. Pitch]


War with Mexico

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1826-1850") by-era media presentation]
White House History Timelines: James K. Polk / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Zachary Taylor / [short biography (re: his service during the war)]
White House History Timelines: Ulysses S. Grant / [short biography (re: his service during the war)]
White House History Timelines: Margaret Taylor / [short biography (re: husband's service during the war)]
White House History Timelines: Jane Pierce / [short biography (re: husband's service during the war)]
White House History Timelines: Technology / [(re: "1840s") by-era historical timeline]
Classroom: "The White House & Western Expansion" / [4-8 lesson (re: opens with Mexican War)]


Civil War

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1851-1875") by-era media presentation]
"White House Tour: Overview" / [online presentation (re: brief mention)]
"Lincoln's Commute" / [online presentation (re: Lincoln's summer retreat @ Soldiers' Home Cottage)]
"For Kids: Lincoln's Virtual White House on Emancipation Day" / [online learning game]
White House History Media: "The Lincoln White House" / [online media includes lecture audio & related links]
White House History Themes: "The Lincoln White House" / [by-theme links page]
White House Tour: Overview / [short essay (re: brief mention)]
White House History Timelines: Abraham Lincoln / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Ulysses S. Grant / [short biography (re: war service)]
White House History Timelines: Rutherford B. Hayes / [short biography (re: war service)]
White House History Timelines: James A. Garfield / [short biography (re: war service)]
White House History Timelines: Music / [(re: "1860s") by-era historical timeline]
Classroom: "Paths to Freedom" / [4-6 field-trip program: students re-enact "Signing of Emancipation Proclamation"]
Classroom: "We Visit You," Civil War White House / [4-6 in-school educational program]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
Classroom: "The Great Cause of Union," Lincoln and the Civil War / [9-12 lesson]
Classroom: "Thence Forward and Forever Free," Lincoln and the Civil War / [9-12 lesson]
Classroom: "Using Art to Study the Past," Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation / [primary document lesson plan]
White House History Journal: "Abraham Lincoln's White House" / [PDF article by Harold Holzer]
White House History Journal: "The Lincoln Bedroom" / [PDF article by William G. Allman]
White House History Journal: "Photographs of the Lincoln White House" / [PDF article by Lydia Tederick]
White House History Journal: "Benjamin Brown French in the Lincoln Period" / [PDF article by Michael Spangler]
"The Peacemakers" / [White House Art Collection]


Spanish American War

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1876-1900") by-era media presentation]
"Frances Benjamin Johnston" / [historic image slideshow (re: Span-Am War era)]
2010 White House Christmas Ornament Historical Essay / [short essay (re: McKinley's presidency)]
White House History Timelines: William McKinley / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Theodore Roosevelt / [short biography]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
"The Cabinet Room Conference Table" / [White House Collection (re: "Peace Protocol" ending Span-Am War)]
Picturing the President's House, McKinley: "Signing of the Peace Protocol" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, McKinley: "War Room" / [historic image]


World War I

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1901-1925") by-era media presentation]
White House History Timelines: Woodrow Wilson / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: The West Wing / [(re: "1917") by-era historical timeline]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Household / [short essay (re: WWI veteran dinners)]
"Why did President Woodrow Wilson keep a flock of sheep on the White House lawn?" / [FAQ sheet]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
Picturing the President's House, Wilson: "Sheep in front of the White House" / [historic image]


World War II

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1926-1950") by-era media presentation]
"White House at War, 1941-1945" / [online video & visual presentation (re: WWII era newreel footage)]
"White House Tour: Overview" / [online presentation (re: brief mention)]
"The West Wing, Workshop of Democracy: 5. Historic Events" / [online presentation]
"The Press at the White House" / [(re: "1933-1941 & 1941-1952") online presentation]
White House History Timelines: Franklin D. Roosevelt / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Harry S. Truman / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Dwight D. Eisenhower / [short biography (re: wartime service)]
White House History Timelines: John F. Kennedy / [short biography (re: wartime service)]
White House History Timelines: Lyndon B. Johnson / [short biography (re: wartime service)]
White House History Timelines: Richard M. Nixon / [short biography (re: wartime service)]
White House History Timelines: Gerald R. Ford / [short biography (re: wartime service)]
White House History Timelines: Jimmy Carter / [short biography (re: wartime service)]
White House History Timelines: The West Wing / [(re: "1941" & "1945") by-era historical timeline]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns / [online presentation (re: extensive WWII content)] ... see next *
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: World War II / [online video presentation]
"The White House State Dinner" / [PDF backgrounder (re: White House fare during WWII)]
Classroom: "The Presidents Speak" / [4-8 lesson (re: several WWII mentions in second-half of lesson)]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
Classroom: "The White House in Crisis" / [4-8 lesson (re: mention of failed League of Nations, coming of WWII)]
Classroom: "Truman, A. Philip Randolph, and the Desegregation of the Armed Services" / [9-12 lesson (re: role WWII played)]
Classroom: "Provoked by Pearl Harbor, FDR and Churchill" / [primary document lesson plan]
Picturing the President's House, F.D.R.: "The White House, December 7, 1941" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, F.D.R.: "President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, F.D.R.: "President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Truman: "Truman announces the Japanese Surrender" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House: "V-J Day" / [historic image]


The Cold War

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1950-1975" & "1976-2000") by-era media presentation]
"The Press at the White House" / [(re: "1952-1963") online presentation]
White House History Timelines: Harry S. Truman / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Dwight D. Eisenhower / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: John F. Kennedy / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Lyndon B. Johnson / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Richard M. Nixon / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Gerald R. Ford / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Jimmy Carter / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Ronald Reagan / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: George H. W. Bush / [short biography]
"A New White House Press Briefing Room" / [PDF backgrounder (re: multiple Cold War era references)]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
Classroom: "The White House In Crisis" / [4-8 lesson (re: Cuban Missile Crisis)]
Classroom: "The White House and Space Exploration" / [4-8 lesson]
Classroom: "John F. Kennedy and the Space Race" / [9-12 lesson]
Classroom: "Truman, A. Philip Randolph, and the Desegregation of the Armed Services" / [9-12 lesson]
Picturing the President's House, Eisenhower: "Address from the Oval Office, 1956" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Kennedy: "The Cuban Missile Crisis" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, G. W. H. Bush: "President Bush receives part of the Berlin Wall" / [historic image]


Korean War

"The Press at the White House" / [(re: "1941-1952") online presentation] ... see next *
"President Truman's Korean War Conference" / [online video clip]
White House History Timelines: Harry S. Truman / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Dwight D. Eisenhower / [short biography]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]


Vietnam War

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1950-1975") by-era media presentation]
"Citizen's Soapbox, A History of Protest at the White House" / [online audio & visual tour (re: Vietnam's anti-war protests)]
"The Press at the White House" / [(re: "1963-1980") online presentation]
White House History Timelines: Lyndon B. Johnson / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Richard M. Nixon / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: The West Wing / [(re: "1968," LBJ's decision not to run) by-era historical timeline]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]
Picturing the President's House, L.B.J.: "White House Vietnam Protestors" / [historic image]


Persian Gulf War

"The White House Time Machine" / [(re: "1976-2000") by-era media presentation]
"The Press at the White House" / [(re: "1980-1993") online presentation]
"The West Wing, Workshop of Democracy: 5. Historic Events" / [online presentation]
White House History Timelines: George H. W. Bush / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: The West Wing / [(re: "1991") by-era historical timeline]
Classroom: "The White House at War" / [4-8 lesson]



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