Join us for a special lecture in partnership with the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, titled "Hayes Family Holiday Traditions from Spiegel Grove to the White House."
The 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, loved celebrating the holidays with his family. As he recorded in his diary, “I do not think I ever enjoyed a Christmas so much when I was a little fellow, as I do now in seeing the happiness of my children.” Come to hear about all the little things Hayes and his wife, Lucy, did to make the holidays special for family, guests and staff, both at home and at the White House.
Christie M. Weininger is the Executive Director of the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, Ohio. Weininger holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Otterbein University and a master’s degree in history from the University of Toledo. While at Otterbein, she spent a semester abroad at Roehampton Institute in Wimbledon, England, where studying “local history” meant working with 600-year-old documents.
Weininger served as Director of the Wood County Museum in Bowling Green, Ohio, for nine years and spent seven years as Director and Curator of the Wyandot County Museum in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. She is currently President of the Ohio Museums Association, Treasurer for the American Association for State and Local History, and a past president of the Ohio Travel Association.
