Monday, August 27, 2012

The Oval Office-- Part 3

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

1880--  THE RESOLUTE DESK is given to Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria of England as a thank-you for the safe return of the HMS Resolute, which provided the wood for the desk.

1902--  THEODORE ROOSEVELT builds the West Wing, fitting it with a rectangular office that predates the Oval Office.

1929--  HERBERT HOOVER'S OVAL OFFICE is destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve.  The blaze started in another room.


1934--  FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT  moves the Oval office to the southeast corner of the White Houseand installs the famous trapdoor in the Resolute desk.  (I'll have to find out some more on that trapdoor.)

Gonna Have to Find Out Some More About the Resolute Desk.  --Cooter

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