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...
Visit of Their Britannic Majesties, June 8, 1939.
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- Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Visit of Their Britannic Majesties, June 8, 1939.
Visit of Their Britannic Majesties, June 8, 1939.
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