National Oatmeal Cookie Day was on March 18 and we hope you all celebrated with a nice batch of warm cookies.
If not, here’s a First Family recipe for you to try. There is no date on this recipe, but the handwriting looks like it was written by a very young John Eisenhower.
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Jimmy Carter and family celebrate Christmas at home in Plains, Georgia. 12/25/1978.
-from the Carter Library
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President Kennedy and his brothers. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy. White House, Outside of Oval Office. 08/28/1963.
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JFK poses with a much younger generation of Kennedys.
The Ford Family in the Oval Office prior to the swearing-in of Gerald R. Ford as President. August 9, 1974. (left to right) Jack, Steve, Betty, Gerald, Susan, Gayle, and Mike.
Happy first day of summer!
Don’t you wish you could be strolling the beach today? Here’s a photo of the Kennedy brothers in Palm Beach, Florida. Stay cool, Boston!
Photo Gallery: Presidents as Fathers
In honor of all the awesome dads out there, a Presidential Father’s Day gallery from the White House blog.
Happy Father’s Day!
Pictured, John F. Kennedy claps as his children, Caroline and John, Jr. dance in the Oval Office. 10/10/62
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While we may think of them as First Ladies, their kids know them as “mom.” In celebration of Mother’s Day this weekend, we’ve combed the archives for family photos of First Ladies with their children. It’s our way of saying thank you to all the moms out there for…well, everything!
Up first, Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna. 1906.
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on St. Patrick’s Day in 1905 in New York City. The wedding took place at the home of Eleanor’s aunt, Mrs. Henry Parrish Jr. The bride was given away by her uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt.
The newlyweds took their honeymoon over the summer and visited England, France, Germany, Italy, Scotland and Switzerland.
Here, Eleanor wears her wedding dress in a portrait from 1/20/05.
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Bess W. Truman’s paternal grandmother, Virginia Willock Wallace. Mrs. Wallace was an excellent seamstress, and often made dresses for Bess.
This photo is part of an exhibit that opens today at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri - Tracing the Trumans: An American Story.
