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Registration opens:
July 15th, 2025

The History of White House Entertainment
2025-08-05 19:00:00 2025-08-05 20:00:00 America/New_York The History of White House Entertainment Former White House butler, Alan DeValerio, will give you inside details about all the preparations involved in White House entertaining, and how it has evolved over the years from FDR to present. Long Beach Island Branch - LBI Meeting Room

Tuesday, August 05
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-05 19:00:00 2025-08-05 20:00:00 America/New_York The History of White House Entertainment Former White House butler, Alan DeValerio, will give you inside details about all the preparations involved in White House entertaining, and how it has evolved over the years from FDR to present. Long Beach Island Branch - LBI Meeting Room

Long Beach Island Branch

LBI Meeting Room

Former White House butler, Alan DeValerio, will give you inside details about all the preparations involved in White House entertaining, and how it has evolved over the years from FDR to present.

Not only will he relate his firsthand experiences with history, but he'll pass on the stories he heard from those who have been taking care of our First Families ever since the Franklin Roosevelt administration! Alan will also display many of the White House artifacts (menus, programs, Christmas cards, personal photos, etc.) that he has collected over the years. This is a presentation that you won't want to miss!

Copies of his book will be available for purchase after the program.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Island Library.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Discussion | General | Friends Event | Author Event |

TAGS: | OCLFriendsSponsored | HistoryOCL | EducationOCL |

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(Independence Day)
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