Jackie & The Nixons: Mrs. Kennedy Returns to the White House, With New Images of the Visit
Fifty years ago today, on February 3, 1971, former First Lady and widow of President John F. Kennedy, by then remarried, made her first and only visit back to the White House. After the trauma of her first husband’s assassination… Read More ›
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