Family Dining Room, Ronald Reagan Administration

This circa 1987 photograph depicts the Family Dining Room as it appeared during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The "Hiawatha Boat" centerpiece is displayed in the center of the table. First Lady Julia Grant selected the centerpiece at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The portrait hanging above the mantel is of John Hartwell Cocke, a Virginia planter and officer during the War of 1812, by Edward Troye.