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bigtree

(94,441 posts)
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 04:37 PM Dec 2022

What 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)
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What to wear to the White House when your country's at war (Original Post) bigtree Dec 2022 OP
I am reading a HUGE Biography on Churchill. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2022 #1
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
How much time? patricia92243 Dec 2022 #3
In the OP it says 24 days. panader0 Dec 2022 #4
This feigned outcry over Zelensky's clothes reeks of the same desperation as Obama's tan suit FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #6

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,958 posts)
1. I am reading a HUGE Biography on Churchill.
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 04:53 PM
Dec 2022

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
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 04:57 PM
Dec 2022

Washington, while his country was at war (and not doing all that well)

FlyingPiggy

(3,748 posts)
5. This feigned outcry over Zelensky's clothes reeks of the same desperation as Obama's tan suit
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 05:36 PM
Dec 2022

The RW whine machine needs to check itself.

Response to FlyingPiggy (Reply #5)

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