Italian State Dinners at the White House
January 14, 1964: State Dinner for Italian President Antonio Segni was hosted by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Featured entertainment included Robert Merrill...
President Nixon at the Kennedy Center
President Nixon at the Kennedy Center
President Nixon attended the opening of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in September 1971. The Presidential Seal can be seen here on the presidential box in which he is seated with his wife Pat and the former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. The author recalls her experience enjoying a performance in this “ultimate Kennedy Center seating” as an adventure.
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