Harry Truman: “This overmantel will be placed in the White House, and it will be…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1951

This overmantel will be placed in the White House, and it will be greatly cherished as a mark of the close ties that bind our two countries together.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks in Response to the Presentation by Princess Elizabeth of an Overmantel for the White House.

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