Unlike President Coolidge, President Lincoln received a live turkey for the family’s Christmas dinner (Thanksgiving wasn’t a holiday yet–President Lincoln…
Knock, knock. Who’s there? A raccoon dinner Imagine being the cook at the White House preparing the Thanksgiving meal and…
In the picture below you can see one of the most famous White House elevators as it was during President…
The families who lived in the White House kept a wild assortment of pets, including cats, dogs, and pygmy hippos.