Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

07/06/2025

, July 6, 1931, President Hoover hosted aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty at the White House to mark their completion of an around-the world flight (31-1931-82)

07/04/2025

Happy Birthday America! on July 4th in 2005, our Presidential Troupe did a presentation about our Founding Fathers. See current museum construction progress here: https://hoover.archives.gov/museum-renovation-news

07/04/2025

On June 20, 1923, President Harding and wife, Florence, left Washington on a tour across the U.S. that included Alaska and Canada. , July 3, 1923, Mr. & Mrs. Hoover joined the Harding group. Two days later they left Tacoma, WA sailing to Alaska. (map 31-hhcom-b19-f02i01)

07/01/2025

Today is Back on August 4, 2005, we hosted a dedication ceremony for the Presidential Libraries postage stamp. Members of the Hoover family and Congressman Leonard Boswell joined the festivities. First day cancellations are available online: https://estore.archives.gov/hoover/category/home-gift?startpage=3

06/28/2025

Check out the latest Hoover Heads blog about the memoir of White House staffer, Irwin “Ike” Hoover. Unrelated to Herbert Hoover, Ike worked a variety of jobs at the White House for 42 years from 1891 until his death in 1933.
https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2025/06/26/the-mystery-of-irwin-hood-hoover-part-1/

06/27/2025

Time for a This cardboard model depicts the early 1990s redesign and expansion of the Museum. See current museum construction progress here: https://hoover.archives.gov/museum-renovation-news

06/26/2025

The last Thursday of June is National Handshake Day. Of all the various forms of greeting, the handshake is perhaps one of the oldest. In this photo, First Lady, Lou Henry Hoover, greets Civil War veterans in Wisconsin in 1932. (31-1932-f35).

06/25/2025

June 25, 1929, President Hoover signed a proclamation declaring the Colorado River Compact effective. Appropriations were approved and construction of Hoover Dam began in 1930. Photo shows damsite in August 1931 (31-al19-36) Read more: https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2020/08/19/herbert-hoover-and-hoover-dam/

06/23/2025

Read the latest Hoover Heads blog about Germany in WWII:

https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2025/06/10/the-germans-are-coming/

06/20/2025

June 20, 1941, Herbert Hoover spoke at the dedication of the Hoover tower at Stanford University and visited the Archives. (31-1941-a24 & 31-1941-03)

06/18/2025

Today, June 18th is National Go Fishing Day. It’s a day that encourages us to drop a line - in the nearest stream, pond, lake, or river. Taking a break from our daily routine to bait a hook and catch some fish can be a relaxing endeavor. (31-1932-c23)

06/17/2025

President Hoover spoke at rededication of Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, IL June 17, 1931. Before his visit, he received an unusual request from famed Lincoln collector Oliver R. Barrett. See:

by Thomas Schwartz Springfield eagerly anticipated the presidential visit by Herbert Hoover to rededicate the remodeled Lincoln Tomb on June 17, 1931. In advance of the visit, Hoover received an u…