System has been used as a point of comparison as Boris Johnson seeks to create a charity to refurbish his Downing Street flatJackie Kennedy first visited the White House as a girl. “All I remember is shuffling through,” she told Life magazine. “There wasn’t even a booklet you could buy.” When she became first lady, she set about transforming it from bland and boring into a mansion worthy of a president – but someone would have to pay.In 1961, Jackie Kennedy founded the White House Historical Association (WHHA) to protect, preserve and guarantee public access to America’s most famous address. Three years later, President Lyndon B Johnson created the committee for the preservation of the White House, a group of experts who work to maintain the “museum quality” of its public spaces. Continue reading...
Saturday 17 April 2021
.theguardian - 2 month ago
Donations, fees and sales: the funds that maintain the White House’s ‘museum quality’
Latest News
Witness saw two women leaving in police cars after person found seriously injured in south Auckland
- stuff Covid-19 coronavirus: Christchurch teacher aide bemused at Auckland DHB s contact over vaccine confirmation
- nzherald ‘I’m not ready for other people’s sweat to drip on me’: will clubbing survive the pandemic?
- .theguardian ‘Her eyes stay shut. She doesn’t respond. But nothing feels real until I tell her’: visiting my mother’s care home after a year
- .theguardian Cancel Culture Is Part of Plot to Transform the Culture of America—Interview With Gene D’Agostino
- theepochtimes Video: Facts Matter (April 16): James O’Keefe Gets Banned From Twitter After Exposing CNN, Lawsuit Coming
- theepochtimes Chicago Police Union President Calls Shooting of Adam Toledo ‘Justified,’ Officer’s Actions ‘Heroic’
- theepochtimes Migrant teachers and the education system facing an uncertain future through Covid immigration
- stuff US Condemns Sentencing of HK Pro-Democracy Activists, Call Charges ‘Politically Motivated’
- theepochtimes Australia dingo attack: toddler airlifted to hospital after being bitten on Fraser Island
- .theguardian Deep Dive (April 16): More Justices? Debate Around Democrats’ Plan to Expand Supreme Court
- theepochtimes
Vanessa Bryant shares heartwarming photos of daughters Bianka and Capri in Kobe s Lakers jerseys
- stuffMillions of Americans think the election was stolen. How worried should we be about more violence?
- .theguardianBiden to host Japanese PM at White House in president’s first visit from foreign leader – live
- .theguardian
Ancient human remains found at site of new US military base in Guam prompts investigation
- .theguardian ‘Cutting our culture up’: outrage after WA decides not to prosecute over alleged destruction of sacred site
- .theguardian Hail Satan shoes: why did the ‘Banksy of the internet’ put blood in 666 Nike Air Max?
- .theguardian The race for rare earth minerals: can Australia fuel the electric vehicle revolution?
- .theguardian Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The World’s Fastest Indian’: Kiwi Coot Sets Bonneville Flats World Speed Record
- theepochtimes Changes Proposed to Canada’s Broadcasting Act Could Take Chinese State TV Networks Off Air
- theepochtimes Two People Dead, Officer Wounded in San Antonio, Texas Police Traffic Stop: Officials
- theepochtimes Citius, altius, virus: it seems absurd, but the Olympic Games must go on | Barney Ronay
- .theguardian Trudeau Sending Help to Ontario as Pfizer Vaccine Supply Bolstered by 8 Million Doses
- theepochtimes Transtasman bubble: New Zealand family preparing to travel to Australia after quarantine-free flights start
- nzherald Sources