This portrait of never-to-be #FirstLady Rachel Donelson Jackson hangs across from Andrew Jackson’s bed at ⁦@ajhermitage⁩ and was similarly positioned in the #whitehouse wanted her face to be his first and last sight each day. #presidents #americanhistory #tennessee

Front door of Merrywood, the Georgian mansion on the Potomac that was the childhood home of Jackie Kennedy and later, ⁦@CBSNews⁩ anchor JohnDickerson.Tonight, it hosted supporters of the @firstladiesmuseum.

What do we really know about Mary Ball Washington, the mother of the father of our country? @lmchervinsky interviews historian Kate Haulman to learn more youtube.com/live/lw_r4zNYFlg… via @YouTube #GeorgeWashington #A250 cc:@GWBooks

At the ⁦@KennebunkportME⁩ post office to buy commemorative panel of Barbara Bush stamps.

A visit to the First Lady Barbara Bush memorial garden in @KennebunkportME

A fascinating addition to our #FirstLadies bookshelf: 1903 edition of “Presiding Ladies of the White House,” with short bios and engravings from Martha Washington to Edith Roosevelt, noting “the individuality of each hostess has left its imprint upon the history of her time…”

Was gifted this 1969 gem which reports on social customs —and recipes—of each White House from Washington (beefsteak and kidney pie) to Nixon (stuffed tomatoes).

From the collection at @americanart #SAAM: portraits of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martha Washington. #firstladies

Join our friends at ⁦@WhiteHouseHstry⁩ today at 5:30 ET for a lecture on #firstladies with the Cambridge Companion to the First Ladies - watch on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=YGGbcGYW…

Interesting new @GWBooks podcast on early #firstladies and their wielding of “soft power” and how today’s politics suffers from the lack of it. @lmchervinsky interviews early American scholar Catherine Allgor. youtu.be/awOG9CG4zZc?si=5xyE… via @YouTube