Thanks Scott. There are other reproductions of the desk. There's one in a museum (?) in Italy, where HRC spent a few hours sitting for the cameras; and Mark Levin has one. Just the facts, no illegal political commentary.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott Ritchey via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2020 8:47 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Cc: Scott Ritchey Subject: Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: Resolute Desk Trivia There is more to the Resolute Desk story. For example there were two such desks and Queen Victoria kept the other one. FDR added the modesty panel to hide his leg braces but died before he used it. The presidential seal on the modesty panel was carved during WWII so that eagle faces the arrows (vs olive branch) indicating war. http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/furnishings/resolute-desk.htm -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 11:15 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Greg Fiorentino <ml320@fiorentino.space> Subject: Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: Cruise Ship v. Navy Ship For those of you who don't recall the history of the desk behind which POTUS sits: HMS Resolute was a polar explorer vessel which was rescued by the USA and returned to Britain. Later, a desk was built from her timbers and gifted to the USA. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2020 4:23 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Cc: Greg Fiorentino Subject: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: Cruise Ship v. Navy Ship https://www.jpost.com/international/venezuelan-warship-shoots-rams-into-germ an-cruise-vessel-before-sinking-623422 Perhaps the name of the ship might have given the Venezuelans a hint about the strength of the hull! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
