Collection Dining in the Executive Mansion
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
First Lady Nancy Reagan Reviews Plans for a State Dinner
- Date of Work
- February 25, 1981
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum/National Archives and Records Administration
First Lady Nancy Reagan Reviews Plans for a State Dinner
First Lady Nancy Reagan reviews plans ahead of a State Dinner in honor of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with social secretary Mable “Muffie” Brandon, left, and chief of staff Peter McCoy, right, on February 25, 1981. It was the Reagan administration’s first state visit, just one month into President Ronald Reagan’s first term.
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