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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat to wear to the White House when your country's at war

Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin 21h
This is what Churchill wore to the White House during WWII

Ware, C J (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer

Diana Hopkins, daughter of advisor Harry Hopkins, stands beside Mr. Churchill with President Roosevelt's dog Fala in January 1942. The White House Historical Association
When Churchill visited and stayed in the White House before Christmas of 1941, the secretive visit which lasted for 24 days left a great impact on the White House staff. As Chief Usher J.B. West recounted, the staff who served the PM his brandy would either see him in his beloved jumpsuit [described by the Chief Usher as an extraordinary one-piece uniform Churchill wore everyday] or in his birthday suit.
[The staff never quite got over seeing him naked in his room, West said.
To this, West concluded: It was the jumpsuit or nothing. In his room, Mr. Churchill wore no clothes at all most of the time during the day.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/strangest-funniest-eccentric-odd-habits-stalin-hitler-churchill-fdr.html
(quoted from West's book, "Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies)
[The staff never quite got over seeing him naked in his room, West said.
To this, West concluded: It was the jumpsuit or nothing. In his room, Mr. Churchill wore no clothes at all most of the time during the day.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/strangest-funniest-eccentric-odd-habits-stalin-hitler-churchill-fdr.html
(quoted from West's book, "Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies)
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What to wear to the White House when your country's at war (Original Post)
bigtree
Dec 2022
OP
I had to look this up to confirm. I was quite shocked to learn that Churchill spent so much time in
RAB910
Dec 2022
#2
This feigned outcry over Zelensky's clothes reeks of the same desperation as Obama's tan suit
FlyingPiggy
Dec 2022
#5
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,958 posts)1. I am reading a HUGE Biography on Churchill.
By Martin Gilbert.
I am wondeting if that tidbit will be in there?
RAB910
(4,030 posts)2. I had to look this up to confirm. I was quite shocked to learn that Churchill spent so much time in
Washington, while his country was at war (and not doing all that well)
patricia92243
(12,977 posts)3. How much time?
panader0
(25,816 posts)4. In the OP it says 24 days.
FlyingPiggy
(3,748 posts)5. This feigned outcry over Zelensky's clothes reeks of the same desperation as Obama's tan suit
The RW whine machine needs to check itself.
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