Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County,Maryland,United States,and also a close,urban suburb of Washington,D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States Census.
The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States. Part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,it is in the West Wing of the White House,in Washington,D.C.
Spencer Fullerton Baird was an American naturalist,ornithologist,ichthyologist,herpetologist,and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He eventually served as assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1850 to 1878,and as Secretary from 1878 until 1887. He was dedicated to expanding the natural history collections of the Smithsonian which he increased from 6,000 specimens in 1850 to over 2 million by the time of his death. He published over 1,000 works during his lifetime.
The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington City,the capital of the United States,during the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812. It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the capital of the United States. Following their defeat of an American force at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24,1814,a British army led by Major-General Robert Ross marched on Washington City. That night,his forces set fire to multiple government and military buildings,including the Presidential Mansion and the United States Capitol.
Max Marlin Fitzwater is an American writer-journalist who served as White House Press Secretary for six years under U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush,making him one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history. He is the only U.S. Press Secretary to be appointed by two different U.S. Presidents.
The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old President of the United States during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to former British Prime Minister William Petty,1st Marquess of Lansdowne,and spent more than 170 years in England.
William Smallwood was an American planter,soldier and politician from Charles County,Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War,rising to the rank of major general. He was serving as the fourth Governor of Maryland when the state adopted the United States Constitution.
Wayne Keith Curry was an American politician. He was elected as the executive for Prince George's County,Maryland in November 1994,and served two terms as the county executive from December 1994 to December 2002. His career encompassed government,civic,and community affairs for more than 20 years.
Kristen Silverberg was the United States Ambassador to the European Union from July 2008 until January 2009. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on April 24,2008 and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27,2008. On July 22,2008,she presented her credentials. She was succeeded by William Kennard who was nominated by President Barack Obama on August 6,2009 and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20,2009.
David C. Driskell was an American artist,scholar and curator;recognized for his work in establishing African-American Art as a distinct field of study. In his lifetime,Driskell was cited as one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of African-American Art. Driskell held the title of Distinguished University Professor of Art,Emeritus,at the University of Maryland,College Park.
Charles Harvey Stanley was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician.
The White House Office of the Curator is charged with the conservation and study of the collection of fine art,furniture,and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the White House as an official residence and as an accredited historic house museum.
The Cabinet Room is the meeting room for the officials and advisors to the president of the United States who constitute the Cabinet of the United States. The room is located in the West Wing of the White House,adjoining the Oval Office,and looks out upon the White House Rose Garden.
In the United States,black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in communities of African descent that aligns largely with the American conservative movement,including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism,traditionalism,patriotism,capitalism,and free markets. What characterizes a "black conservative" has changed over time,and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.
Lonnie G. Bunch III is an American educator and historian. Bunch is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,the first African American and first historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian. He has spent most of his career as a history museum curator and administrator.
Earl Alexander Powell III,nicknamed Rusty Powell,is an American art historian and museum director. From 1980 to 1992,he was Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He was appointed Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington,D.C.,in September 1992. The Gallery announced in November 2017 that Powell would step down in 2019. He was appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 2003 and elected Chair in 2005. He was appointed to a second four-year term on August 30,2012,and continues to serve as Chair.
Guy Clinton McElroy was an African American art historian and curator. Most notably,McElroy curated the major exhibition titled Facing History:The Black Image in American Art,1710-1940. He died during the run of the show in 1990.
David Valdez is an American photographer,best known for being the Chief Official White House Photographer from 1989 to 1993,during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.
Margaret Brown Klapthor was a curator of the Smithsonian's First Ladies collection and an expert on the history of the White House. She served as chairman of the National Museum of American History's Division of Political History.
