Kennedy welcomes da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ to Washington 50 years ago this hour (1963)


Video: 'President John F. Kennedy - January 1963'

(Tuesday, January 8, 1963, 9:30 p.m. EST) — Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa on loan to the United States from the Louvre Museum in Paris, went on display today at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, in attendance.


Video: 'January 8, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the National Gallery of Art'


Video: 'President John F. Kennedy & Mona Lisa'