Oct 20, 2015 · Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service sometimes straining to adjust to one another. …

The U.S. Secret Service was originally established by the Department of the Treasury in 1865 to prevent counterfeiting. They later assumed full-time responsibility for protecting the president during the …

The Assassination of President William McKinley: A Catalyst for Change in Protecting the President by Christopher Kenney The Biggest Gunfight in Secret Service History: The Failed Attempt on Truman’s …

The appearance of military uniforms on White House staff has seemed too threatening to please the public so except during wartime they are avoided in favor of less fanciful dress, usually either copied …

Apr 4, 2011 · Secret Service and the Presidents: U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division The White House police force was placed under United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in 1930. …

Zero Fail - A History of the Secret Service Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig discusses her recent book, Zero Fail, which details the history of the Secret Service and the …

The protections of the White House has evolved from the militia men that protected it in the early 1800s to the current Secret Service and police forces that guard it today.

The White House Police Force was created in 1922, placed under the supervision of the Secret Service in 1930, and later renamed the Executive Protective Service in 1970. It was renamed the Secret …

The increased security at the White House was part of a larger initiative across the country, where the Secret Service, Bureau of Investigation, and the American Protective League worked in tandem to …

According to Bud Krogh, he received a call from Secret Service agent Bill Duncan stating that Elvis Presley had arrived with a Colt .45 pistol in a display case with silver bullets to give to President …