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As her husband Edward Cox, right, looks on, Patricia Nixon Cox, second from right, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, speaks with Galia Goldberg, left, and Leslie Gould, both of Fountain Valley, as they tour the exhibit, The Day Indeed Was Splendid: The Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Saturday was the couple’s 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
As her husband Edward Cox, right, looks on, Patricia Nixon Cox, second from right, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, speaks with Galia Goldberg, left, and Leslie Gould, both of Fountain Valley, as they tour the exhibit, The Day Indeed Was Splendid: The Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Saturday was the couple’s 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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  • As their son, Christopher Nixon Cox stands at right, Edward...

    As their son, Christopher Nixon Cox stands at right, Edward Cox, left, and his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, stand in the same gazebo in which they were married in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971, on their 50th anniversary of their wedding as they visit the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Edward Cox, left, walks with his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox,...

    Edward Cox, left, walks with his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, and son, Christopher Nixon Cox, right, as they tour the exhibit, The Day Indeed Was Splendid: The Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. It was the couple’s 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden which took place on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Christopher Nixon Cox stands at left with his father, Edward...

    Christopher Nixon Cox stands at left with his father, Edward Cox, as his mother, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, speaks with the docents of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Edward Cox and Patricia Nixon Cox’s visit coincided with the 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • As her husband Edward Cox, right, looks on, Patricia Nixon...

    As her husband Edward Cox, right, looks on, Patricia Nixon Cox, second from right, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, speaks with Galia Goldberg, left, and Leslie Gould, both of Fountain Valley, as they tour the exhibit, The Day Indeed Was Splendid: The Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Saturday was the couple’s 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Edward Cox, left, and his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter...

    Edward Cox, left, and his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, along with their son, Christopher Nixon Cox, stand in the same gazebo in which they were married in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971, on their 50th anniversary of their wedding as they visit the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Christopher Nixon Cox, left, stands with his father, Edward Cox,...

    Christopher Nixon Cox, left, stands with his father, Edward Cox, right, as his mother Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, places flowers of the grave of her father, Richard Nixon at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Edward Cox and Patricia Nixon Cox’s visit coincided with the 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Christopher Nixon Cox front center left, sits with his parents,...

    Christopher Nixon Cox front center left, sits with his parents, Edward Cox, and Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, along with Hugh Hewitt, as they pose for a photograph with the docents of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Edward Cox and Patricia Nixon Cox’s visit coincided with the 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Patricia Nixon Cox, right, daughter of the 37th United States...

    Patricia Nixon Cox, right, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, stands with Galia Goldberg, left, and Leslie Gould, center, both of Fountain Valley, as they tour the exhibit, The Day Indeed Was Splendid: The Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Saturday was the couple’s 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Christopher Nixon Cox front center left, sits with his parents,...

    Christopher Nixon Cox front center left, sits with his parents, Edward Cox, and Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, along with Hugh Hewitt, as they pose for a photograph with the docents of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Edward Cox and Patricia Nixon Cox’s visit coincided with the 50th anniversary of their wedding in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Edward Cox, left, and his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter...

    Edward Cox, left, and his wife, Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of the 37th United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, stand in the same gazebo in which they were married in the White House Rose Garden on June 12, 1971, on their 50th anniversary of their wedding as they visit the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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It was 50 years ago that Tricia Nixon, daughter of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, was married to Edward F. Cox in the White House Rose Garden with the nation enjoying the celebration through numerous television specials.

On their anniversary Saturday, the couple, along with their son, Christopher Nixon Cox, attended an outdoor rose garden party at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda with frontline workers, first responders and teachers as their guests.

The couple posed for photographs in the library’s popular rose garden, standing in the same gazebo in which they were married on June 12, 1971. The white gazebo, covered in flowers, is on loan to the Nixon Library from the White House.

After touring a new exhibit, “The Day Indeed Was Splendid: The Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox,” Patricia Nixon Cox, accompanied by her husband and son, placed flowers on the graves of her parents.