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mahatmakanejeeves

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4. From Michael Beschloss:

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Thu Apr 14, 2022, 02:30 PM

Apr 2022

The new President, Harry Truman, and daughter Margaret riding to FDR's funeral at White House, tomorrow 1945: #McEvoy

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At Union Station, today 1945, Washington DC, Harry Truman, President for two days, meets FDR’s funeral train, along with two men who are convinced that FDR in 1944 tricked and cheated them out of the Vice Presidency (and hence now the Presidency) — James Byrnes and Henry Wallace:

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FDR’s casket in White House East Room, today 1945:

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April 14, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession on the streets of Washington, DC [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP

K&R 2naSalit Apr 2022 #1

Looks like DeGaulle there at the burial site at Hyde Park Tomconroy Apr 2022 #2

One of my heroes. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #3

From Michael Beschloss: mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 #4