Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox's Wedding Ceremony from Behind

In this photograph, taken June 12, 1971 by Jack E. Kightlinger, Tricia Nixon exchange vows with Edward Cox during their wedding ceremony under a specially built gazebo in the White House Rose Garden. It shows the view of the ceremony from behind Rev. Dr. Edward Latch, who officiated. Theirs 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 first daughter marry Edward Cox, a law student at the time, in the Rose Garden.