Posted on 19/06/04
In the court of the Kennedys
Grace and Power:The Private World of the Kennedy White HouseBy Sally Bedell SmithRandom House, 608 pages, $39.95On July 11, 1961, the president of the United States gave a state dinner in honour of the president of Pakistan. It was no ordinary state dinner. The venue was Mount Vernon, the storied plantation of George Washington on the Potomac River. The guests were ferried from Washington in four boats, each with a trio of musicians, and greeted with mint juleps in silver stirrup cups. The Continental Fife and Drum Corps performed military drills; later, the National Symphony Orchestra played Mozart and Gershwin.
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