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Related: About this forumOn 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
There's a whole bunch of stuff at DU back in April 2020 about those days.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2021
#4
Croney
(4,919 posts)1. I guess the previous occupant wasn't still in there holed up like a rat,
enjoying his deadly virus legacy.
Srkdqltr
(7,628 posts)2. He was the previous occupant.
elleng
(135,876 posts)3. Saturday, January 20, 1945,
and FDR died Thursday, April 12
Harry Truman's inaugural Thursday, April 12,
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,768 posts)4. There's a whole bunch of stuff at DU back in April 2020 about those days.
Sun Apr 12, 2020: Georgia Negro Weeps Open-Eyed at the Death of President Roosevelt
elleng
(135,876 posts)5. Thanks.