On January 8, 1942, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill visited George Washington's grave

[mahatmakanejeeves]

FDR and Churchill at George Washington's Mount Vernon grave today 1942, a month after Pearl Harbor:

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[Botany]

1. Is that FDR's son who is holding him up?

Nice to see greatness in a picture.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. It might be a secret service agent?

It's not one of the Roosevelt boys, though.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Here's another tweet from that same thread:

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John Clark @overthekill

· Jan 8, 2020
Replying to @BeschlossDC
Churchill's Christmas '41 visit is one of my favorite stories of WW2. His liquor order for his White House stay alone is gold...

Cato the Elder @Genterline

WSC visited the US in 1932 and was hit by a car (he looked the wrong way when crossing the street) and seriously injured. But it provided him a prohibition hack in the form of a Doctor's note:



7:03 PM - Jan 8, 2020

I'd never heard that story!

[Ilsa]

5. A cup of liquor? Was he drinking a cup of scotch or something else?

I bet his liver was pretty messed up, eventually. The writers made fun of his drinking habits in Darkest Hour, a great movie worth seeing.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. ...and dictating while nude!

Ol' Winnie was the original honey badger.

[Ilsa]

8. LOL. Yeah, he don't care, he doesn't

give a rat's ass, he doesn't give a f@#k!

[Yavin4]

4. Contrast that to Trump's visit

“If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it,” Trump said, according to three sources briefed on the exchange. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/10/donald-trump-mount-vernon-george-washington-1264073

[dalton99a]

7. +1. "He could have built the place better, he said, and for less money."