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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jan 18, 2021, 09:20 AM Jan 2021

On Inaugural Day 1945, for security reasons, FDR never left White House, was sworn in on S. Portico

On Inaugural Day 1945, for security reasons, FDR never left White House, was sworn in and gave his speech on South Portico, along with new Vice President Harry Truman:


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On Inaugural Day 1945, for security reasons, FDR never left White House, was sworn in on S. Portico (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 OP
I guess the previous occupant wasn't still in there holed up like a rat, Croney Jan 2021 #1
He was the previous occupant. Srkdqltr Jan 2021 #2
Saturday, January 20, 1945, elleng Jan 2021 #3
There's a whole bunch of stuff at DU back in April 2020 about those days. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 #4
Thanks. elleng Jan 2021 #5
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