Two presidents and three first ladies have died at the White House. President William Henry Harrison died on April 4, 1841, just one month after his Inauguration. Historians have long …

Mourning Franklin D. Roosevelt This exhibit explores the power of black cloth as part of public and private displays of bereavement at the White House. Between 1841 and 1963, eight …

Aug 25, 2021 · Three presidents died in office during the first half of the twentieth century (William McKinley, Warren Harding, and Franklin Roosevelt), further heightening the importance of the …

Mourning William Henry Harrison This exhibit explores the power of black cloth as part of public and private displays of bereavement at the White House. Between 1841 and 1963, eight …

Presidential and state funerals are an important tradition in which family, friends, and the nation can mourn the loss of those who served as President of the United States.

In total, nine vice presidents have taken over the highest office after the death or resignation of a president, and Tyler set the precedent for them to follow. Had he approached the situation …

Have you ever wondered... What are some interesting facts about presidents and first ladies? This photograph of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton posing with former …

Funerals of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy continued the trend for subtle, yet distinct mourning decorations. Both, like Harding, having died in office, they first lay in state …

On July 7, 1924, the president’s son, Calvin Jr., died at Walter Reed Hospital of blood poisoning. Calvin Jr. sustained a small blister on his toe while playing tennis on the White House Grounds …

Three other vice presidents (Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Lyndon Johnson) who succeeded presidents who died in office were each inaugurated at the Capitol after winning …