Collection State Dinners
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
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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