[5] Quinceanera photo from Santa Fe, New Mexico First Ladies Collection [edit] In 1912, Helen Taft along with collection founders Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James, Rose Gouverneur Hoes, and the Smithsonian Institution started the First Ladies Collection. It is customary for the first lady of the United States to donate the dress she wears to the inauguration ball but it is not required
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