Jacqueline Kennedy, while First Lady, won an Emmy Award. Why was the wife of the President of the United States performing on television? Well, of course, she was giving a guided tour of a just finished complete restoration of the White House, her living quarters on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1962, exactly 50 years ago.
She was given a tour of the White House prior to it becoming her residence, and found it lacking of any historic significance. One of her primary objectives upon moving in was to restore it to its former glory. With the installation of a committee to aid her she made the White House a showplace to match its importance in history. It was this restoration she chose to personally give a guided tour to all of America via their television sets.
Her Emmy Award is on display at the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts.
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