Annoucement of Tricia Nixon's Engagement to Edward Cox

This photograph is of President Richard M. Nixon, First Lady Pat Nixon, their eldest daughter Tricia Nixon, her fiancé Edward Cox, and his parents Howard Ellis Cox and Anne Crane Delafield (Finch) Cox on a stage in the East Room of the White House. The couples' engagement was announced at the Irish Evening in honor of Taoiseach of Ireland John Lynch and Mrs. Nixon's 59th Birthday. Jack E. Kightlinger photographed the announcement in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 1971.