Chelsea's Big Day: A Brief History of White House Weddings

Brief History of White House Weddings
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Alice Roosevelt, 1906
Upon returning from the Philippines, Theodore Roosevelt's famously boisterous daughter announced her engagement to the much-older Congressman Nicholas Longworth. At the wedding reception, fearless Alice cut her wedding cake with a sword.

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