Honoring the Birthday of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy | History Happy Hour: Mona Lisa in Camelot
In December 1962, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa set sail from Paris to New York for what many knew would be the riskiest art exhibition ever mounted. The fragile painting, sealed in a temperature-controlled, bulletproof box, traveled like a head of state accompanied by armed guards and constant surveillance.The driving force behind the famous painting's high profile visit was First