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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,342 posts) 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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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