Bush (who was then a Texas congressman) to meet Nixon at a gala.īut as TIME reported, in a 2014 memoir, "41: A Portrait of My Father," George W. Then a pilot in the National Guard, Bush, 22, was set up by his father, future President George H.W.
They dated through college, and in 1970, Cox asked her father for her hand in marriage.īut not before she'd had at least one other date, with future U.S. Tricia Nixon, 25, and Edward Cox, 24, originally met at a high school dance in 1963, according to the Nixon Foundation he escorted her to the International Debutante Ball the following year. So even though our invitation got lost in the mail sometime back in 1971, let's revisit that special moment in White House history by walking through the most important parts of the day: The Couple Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum It gives us something to relate to - they are like our royal family." Edward Cox and Tricia Nixon cut their wedding cake. There's something people love when it comes to stories like that about everyday life in the White House. There were stories about how she had to sneak her wedding dress in and out of the White House. "They wanted the wedding cake recipe they wanted to know what the bridal attendants were wearing. "People always say they remembered her wedding," said Pickens. Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox entering the Grand Hall of the White House ahead of the official engagement announcement on March 16, 1971. As the country roiled with protests about social changes and the Vietnam War, it was a singular piece of good news - like an American royal wedding. And this particular wedding, a first daughter getting married in the legendary outdoor Rose Garden, was certainly a special occasion. Another 12 presidential children have been married while their fathers were in office, but not at the White House ( TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager wed at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas). White House weddings were not unheard of: Tricia Nixon was the ninth presidential offspring to be married there. It was all about two people in love committing their lives to each other." The invitation to the wedding. "It was such a happy day at the White House," Jennifer Pickens, a White House historian focusing on first ladies told TODAY. President Nixon escorting his daughter Tricia during the wedding ceremony. But for one young woman, it was the biggest day of her life, because she was Tricia Nixon - the president's oldest daughter - and she was marrying law student Edward Finch Cox in the White House Rose Garden. For President Richard Nixon, it was an opportunity to just be a dad for a day, in an era of discontent. For many, Jwas the social event of the season.
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