Nancy Reagan was not a regular visitor to Rochester, according to what WXXI News has turned up Sunday.
She may have accompanied husband Ronald for a campaign stop on November 1, 1984. President Reagan spoke at 3 pm at the then Rochester War Memorial on a blitz from Boston to Rochester to Minnesota.
Nancy Reagan did appreciate the Strong Museum. UPI reported in 1983 that the museum provided 12-hundred antique dolls and dollhouse furniture to decorate the tree in the Blue Room of the White House using an "old-fashioned" theme.
![President Reagan and Nancy Reagan posing for photos with White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room on December 11, 1983.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/836058b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x974+0+0/resize/880x1339!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwxxi%2Ffiles%2F201603%2F1983_Blue_Room_Tree_0.jpg)
Another 40 Strong Museum teddy bears were on display in the Grand Hallway and state rooms at the White House. Mrs. Reagan is quote as saying the President loved them.
![Celebrating Nancy Reagan's fashion sense.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7311077/2147483647/strip/true/crop/366x479+0+0/resize/880x1152!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwxxi%2Ffiles%2F201603%2Fnancy_reagan_paper_dolls.jpg)
The Strong also has a copy of artist Tom Tierney's 'Nancy Reagan paper doll' publication recognizing her fashion sense.
Rochester's Doc Lilac nursery lists a Nancy Reagan variety, although the website shows it's not available. The purple/purple flower is described as "lovely as its namesake; a very hardy, heavy bloomer."