This First Daughter lived out the ultimate teenage fantasy when she hosted a lavish prom for her high school classmates in the East Room of the White House. There was only one thing missing: alcohol. “We couldn’t serve beer because we’d have had to get a slip from each student’s parents saying they approved.” According to People, her date was William “Billy” Wainright Pifer, a junior at Washington & Lee University, whom she had met on a blind date at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Susan got other perks too: She took up photography after meeting a TIME photographer who was assigned to cover the White House. The legendary Ansel Adams gave her a private workshop. But being First Daughter can be sobering, too, as Susan learned after the attempt on her father’s life. “I remember the miserable nights,” she said. “I was never comfortable when he went out in a crowd, and I was always looking to see whether he was wearing a bulletproof vest.”
Happy Birthday to America—and her First Daughters
President Obama isn't just celebrating the birth of the nation on July 4, he's celebrating the birth of his daughter Malia, who is turning 14. In honor of both milestones, TIME looks back through the years at other First Daughters, whose youthful exuberance reflects the best of America on her 236th birthday