WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE, MR. PRESIDENT?
Palm Beach (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy was known for spending the last day of the year here in Palm Beach. On December 31, 1961, the President attended an event at the Palm Beach Country Club with his press secretary Pierre Salinger.
On December 31, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson attended a reception at the University of Texas in Austin followed by a press party at the Driskill Hotel.
President Richard M. Nixon once hosted the White House press corps for "cocktails and conversation" on New Year's Eve.
President Harry S Truman held a New Year's Eve party on the presidential yacht 'Williamsburg' while President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt, screened the movie 'Pygmalion'** at the White House on December 31, 1938.
President John Adams and his wife Abigail started the tradition of hosting the general public in the Blue Room at the White House on New Year's Day. That tradition was continued through the administration of Herbert Hoover.
*From the Scotch-Irish poem "Auld Lang Syne" written by Robert Burns in 1788 & sung to the tune of a traditional folk song to ring in the New Year.
**Pygmalion was a 1938 film starring Leslie Howard & Wendy Hiller. It won an Academy Award for the best screenplay.
SOURCE
"How Former U.S. Presidents Spent Their New Year's Eve", by Bill Lucey, December 6, 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/
Palm Beach (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy was known for spending the last day of the year here in Palm Beach. On December 31, 1961, the President attended an event at the Palm Beach Country Club with his press secretary Pierre Salinger.
On December 31, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson attended a reception at the University of Texas in Austin followed by a press party at the Driskill Hotel.
President Richard M. Nixon once hosted the White House press corps for "cocktails and conversation" on New Year's Eve.
President Harry S Truman held a New Year's Eve party on the presidential yacht 'Williamsburg' while President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt, screened the movie 'Pygmalion'** at the White House on December 31, 1938.
President John Adams and his wife Abigail started the tradition of hosting the general public in the Blue Room at the White House on New Year's Day. That tradition was continued through the administration of Herbert Hoover.
*From the Scotch-Irish poem "Auld Lang Syne" written by Robert Burns in 1788 & sung to the tune of a traditional folk song to ring in the New Year.
**Pygmalion was a 1938 film starring Leslie Howard & Wendy Hiller. It won an Academy Award for the best screenplay.
SOURCE
"How Former U.S. Presidents Spent Their New Year's Eve", by Bill Lucey, December 6, 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/
