Collection The Ford White House 1974 - 1977
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, served thirteen terms in Congress before rising to...
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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