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...Trumans were temporarily quartered in historic Blair House, diagonally across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. Within a few days U.S. citizens grew accustomed to pictures of Harry Truman's neat, compact figure striding briskly across the street, up the grey, curving driveway, into the executive offices...
...brightness, the procession rolled slowly into the driveway in front of Georgia Hall. Eleanor Roosevelt looked out at the tense faces of the cripples. The procession stopped and she saw Graham Jackson, a Negro accordionist who had performed for the President many times. He stepped up beside the hearse and began to play. It was "Going Home," one of the President's favorites...
...leave, he said, unless or until the returns moved substantially in F.D.R.'s favor. (He left just before 11 p.m.) At 11:15 came the dull thump of a bass drum and the shrill tootle of fifes, and the usual torchlight parade of neighbors milled up the circular driveway...
...that "Es verboten' to walk in the driveway behind Morgan 3," the necessity for a door in that direction seems, in itself, questionable. So, we spent the week looking for a reason behind the new screened-box arrangement aft of Cowle, and have reached, after what might be called an exhaustive research, a startling conclusion. From those in the know comes a plausible, if not satisfying, explanation: To wit: Boston is a very cultivated and humane place. Along with Societies for the Continuation of Pilgrim's Day and the Prevention of the Slander of the Irish, is the Greater Society...
...moment came. The long black limousine bearing Franklin Roosevelt entered by the east gate of the Parliament grounds, moved up the driveway between ranks of dun-clad Canadian Wacs standing at smart attention. A great roar rose from 27,000 throats...