White House History 46 "Visiting the White House"

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WHITE HOUSE HISTORY NUMBER FORTY-SIX• SUMMER 2017

2 FOREWORD

William Seale, Editor, White House History

4 COLLECTING WHITE HOUSE MEMORIES SILVER SPOONS AS SOUVENIRS

Rebecca Yerkes Rogers REBECCA YERKES ROGERS is a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and was active in the restoration of the historic Ximenez·Fatio House in St. Augustine, Florida.

14 A VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE 1940s A CHILDHOOD MEMORY

Jeannine Smith Clark JEANNINE SMITH CLARK is an emeritus member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the board of the White House Historical Association. She is a native Washingtonian.

22 THE PRESIDENT SMILED AT ME AND OTHER MEMORIES OF WASHINGTON

Lonn Taylor LONN TAYLOR. a native of Sou1h Carolina, retired from the Smithsonian Institution where he was a historian at the National Museum of American Hist0ry and now lives in Fort Davis, Texas.

34 GRAND DUKE ALEXIS, A "SCION Of DESPOTISM," VISITS THE ULYSSES S. GRANT WHITE HOUSE

Lee A. Farrow LEE FARROW is a professor of history and director for the Center/or Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Auburn University at Montgon1ery in Alabama and frequently published author.