by Dr. Lori Verderame Chief calligrapher, Pat Blair, was busy hand-writing place cards for President Donald J. Trump’s first State Dinner. She wasn’t the only one. President Trump invited President Emmanuel Macron, France’s youngest President at age 39, and approximately 150 guests to the White House for the first State Dinner of the Trump administration on April 24. Previous administrations hosted large numbers of guests on the White House grounds, sometimes beneath a tent. When […]
