{"id":9479,"date":"2025-09-03T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=9479"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:53:48","slug":"white-house-ornaments-dining-and-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2025\/09\/03\/white-house-ornaments-dining-and-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITE HOUSE ORNAMENTS &#8211; DINING AND DIPLOMACY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, we are offering the Official White House Holiday Ornament as a fundraiser. Each year, the White House Historical Association (WHHA) creates a new design to commemorate a special event, person, or place. This year\u2019s ornament celebrates the 150<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the state dinners at the Executive Mansion.\u00a0\u00a0The front and back of the ornament feature two iconic plates from the White House china collection.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the WHHA, this year marks the 150th anniversary of state dinners at the Executive Mansion, known today as the White House.\u00a0\u00a0It all began in 1874 with President Ulysses S. Grant, who welcomed King Kal\u0101kaua of Hawaii to a table set with purpose and pride. That evening sparked a tradition that has endured for a century and a half, blending the elegance of fine dining with the weight of international relations, fostering bonds between America and the world.<\/p>\n<div>Our price is only $25 including tax. We will deliver locally and will add shipping charges if needed. To order, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/square.link\/u\/tqkdMTQd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/square.link\/u\/tqkdMTQd&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1756929540312000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wB4h9x-BT2Bm0Lr7ZclrI\">2025 White House Ornament &#8211; ALNV<\/a>\u00a0or scan the QR code. For questions, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ornaments@alnv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ornaments@alnv.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Proceeds from this and all our other fundraising efforts support programs that help Northern Virginia children and families by providing food, clothing, books, and other essentials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, we are offering the Official White House Holiday Ornament as a fundraiser. Each year, the White House Historical Association (WHHA) creates a new design to commemorate a special event, person, or place. This year\u2019s ornament celebrates the 150th\u00a0anniversary of the state dinners at the Executive Mansion.\u00a0\u00a0The front and back of the ornament feature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65463,"featured_media":9481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9482,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9479\/revisions\/9482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}