Thursday, May 20, 2010

At www.ourwhitehouse.org find out more about White House Dinners and Entertainments!

In "A Taste of the Past: White House Kitchens, Menus, and Recipes" at 

WWW.OURWHITEHOUSE.ORG 

Find Out More About White House State Dinners, Food, and Entertainment! 

 

 

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala at last night's state dinner at the White House.

 

President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nance Reagan with Great Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Dennis Thatcher in 1988

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with French Cultural Minister Andre Malraux and Marie-Madeleine Lioux Malraux in 1962.   

Eisenhower State Dinner circa 1959

President Theodore Roosevelt State Dining Room 1904- notice the large moose head over the fireplace!

Read more about White House menus and food at: http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/tasteofpast.html

And as for the NCBLA's award-winning book for families, Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out at your neighborhood library or bookstore!

In Our White House, the book and the website, you will find poetry, stories, great art, and fascinating facts about our presidents, their families, their pets, and our White House, as well as great stories about American History. The NCBLA created Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out and its companion educational website, www.ourwhitehouse.org as a nonpartisan project to promote literacy and historical literacy!