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...husband as an imperialist warmonger. Even at this late date, she invited the leaders to stay at the White House, begged Cabinet wives to take others in, got the Army to provide cots for the rest at Fort Myer, Va., and asked Franklin to address them from the south portico of the White House. "Franklin's intent to be kind and understanding was evident, but he felt obliged to say some pretty harsh things." They booed. She later wrote: "Although I could see how the young people felt on this occasion, I was indignant at their bad manners...
...Pennsylvania Avenue porch built by Andrew Jackson, Truman said he thought that old Jackson had put on too much porch, and he revealed that he had considered chopping some of it off. In view of the public uproar in 1948 when he added a balcony to the south portico, he said, he guessed it was a good thing he gave up the idea-the Washington newspapers would have had a hemorrhage...
...registration lines will wind through Memorial Hall, starting at the South Door, and emptying at the far portico. Doors open at 9 a.m. for those whose last initials begin with A through L. The rest of the alphabet registers from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; all late arrivals from...
Swinging his arms and sniffing the soft, springlike air, Harry Truman strode out on the White House portico and beamed admiringly down at the tough young men of the 82nd Airborne Division lined up beneath him. One from each state and territory, 52 in all, had come to meet the President. "It is a pleasure," he told the paratroopers, remembering that he had once gone up with the airborne people at Fort Bragg, N.C. "I didn't get to jump out," he confessed with real disappointment. "But I hope some day to do it." In his heel-kicking mood...
Dust and chips flew as bullets rattled off the old Spanish walls. One attacker got as far as the portico. There he fell, sieved by bullets. Another, hit a dozen times, moaned: "I'm already dead. Please don't shoot me any more." The answer was another blast of fire. Of the six Nationalist attackers, four died, another was badly wounded, the sixth taken prisoner...