And then on Friday, also no public events, with the exception of the Greek Independence Day reception Friday evening.
And it is worth pointing out that this year's St Patrick's Day reception did not have the same razzmataz as the ones during Bill Clinton's time.
Spanning the weekends before and after Feb. 29, the celebration will include an ice hockey game, wine tasting, craft show, concert and carnival, and a parade, party and reception on leap day.
However, radio reception problems throughout the day on Thursday meant that the British code-cracking team did not get a full copy of the enciphered message until after 1700 GMT.
It has emerged that the Queen will leave for a weekend away after hosting the wedding day lunchtime reception, giving over Buckingham Palace for William and Kate's black tie party in the evening.
Years later, when they were vacationing at a private island in Fiji and staying in rustic cabins with no telephones, Milchan managed to find a phone booth by the reception area where he spent half the day making calls.
The next day Jackson was given another cordial reception when he became the first black since Reconstruction to address a joint session of the Alabama legislature.
In an interview later in the day, Hagel talked about the congressional reception.
The 3-day program really spans four days, because it begins on the day of arrival with an evening opening cocktail reception.
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Students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 that the Swiss luxury watch brand is sponsoring celebrated their first day of school on September 13 with a reception hosted by Denis Jaquenoud, president of NAIOSW, and Hugues de Pins, president, Vacheron Constantin North America.
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The two day program kicked off Thursday afternoon with a private reception at 595 North, a modern event space in the heart of midtown Atlanta, where finalists met one another and mingled with judges over finger foods and drinks.
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Every day crowds of people arrive in the Sun's reception wanting their stories to appear in the paper.
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The summer for a recent grad without a trust fund means work, usually at an internship full of high hopes that their time toiling away at a reception desk or filing old magazines at The Atlantic in Washington will one day lead them to a full time job at CNN.
Now you can see why I love this day, and I hope everyone has a wonderful time during the reception.
The reception shares space with the cafe-restaurant, serving coffee and homemade cakes all day, then stepping things up at night when traditional Icelandic ingredients such as lamb, langoustine, reindeer and fish come with a polished contemporary touch.
On Thursday - the first day of his trip - the prince met Michelle Obama at a White House reception honouring America's military mothers.
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This particular event was a reception for the DNC members who were in town for the DNC yearly meeting, which kicked off the day before that event.
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