page_title: List of state dinners in the United States
section_title: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hierarchical_section_title: List of state dinners in the United States / Franklin D. Roosevelt
caption_attribution_description: English: Morínigo and Roosevelt. June 9, 1943
context_page_description: A state dinner in the United States is a formal dinner held in honor of a foreign head of state, such as a king, queen, president, or any head of government. It is hosted by the President of the United States and is usually held in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. Other formal dinners for important people of other nations, such as a prince or princess, are called official dinners, the difference being that the federal government does not pay for them. Nowadays these dinners are more often black tie rather than white tie.
  The first state dinner was held on December 22, 1874, by President Ulysses S. Grant to welcome King Kalākaua of the Kingdom of Hawai'i.
caption: Franklin D. Roosevelt greets Higinio Moríñigo before the state dinner (1943)
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