White House Decorative Arts in the 1940s
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When America entered the Second World War, it brought changes to Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House. On December 22, 1941, the Monroe Room became a temporary map room and office for wartime visitor British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Harry S. Truman inherited the White House toward the end of World War II. The Truman family had time to settle in the White House just before serious structural problems forced them out in late 1948. Massive renovations and reconstruction of the house continued until 1952.
This was originally published in The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families, 213-218.
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The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families, 213-218
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