Wedding Frenzy in the Rose Garden

This photograph was taken on June 12, 1971 by Byron E. Schumaker and shows the all-hands-on-deck preparations for Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox's wedding as staff and military aides set up chairs in the Rose Garden. Their wedding was the 16th documented wedding to take place at the White House and the first to be held in the Rose Garden or outdoors. Nixon was the daughter of President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Approximately 400 guests watched the nuptials of the couple.