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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Wed Jan 8, 2020, 08:05 PM Jan 2020

Beschloss tweet: FDR and Churchill at George Washington's Mount Vernon grave today 1942

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Michael Beschloss ✔ @BeschlossDC

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

6:45 PM - Jan 8, 2020

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Beschloss tweet: FDR and Churchill at George Washington's Mount Vernon grave today 1942 (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP

Solemn yet dignified, thanks. Who's the gent in the middle? appalachiablue Jan 2023 #1

I was just gonna ask that. calimary Jan 2023 #2

From the body language the man looks a bit miffed - maybe just cold or tired. In his younger appalachiablue Jan 2023 #3

appalachiablue

(41,140 posts)

1. Solemn yet dignified, thanks. Who's the gent in the middle?

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 01:51 PM

Jan 2023

calimary

(81,304 posts)

2. I was just gonna ask that.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 04:03 PM

Jan 2023

Who’s the gent in the middle?

Didn’t realize FDR was a tall man, but then again, Churchill looked to be a somewhat shorter man, at least from this and other photos.

appalachiablue

(41,140 posts)

3. From the body language the man looks a bit miffed - maybe just cold or tired. In his younger

Reply to calimary (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 04:15 PM

Jan 2023

days, FDR was quite athletic and tall, close to 6 ft. I think. Many of us remember him from the presidential years when he was more restricted by polio. Churchill was medium, average height I think.

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