Resolute Thread

HMS Resolute
Arctic ship HMS Resolute was trapped in the ice & abandoned in 1854. Recovered by an American whaler ship & returned to Queen Victoria in 1856. The British government ordered three desks to be made from the timbers of the ship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolute_(1850)
Desks were constructed by cabinet makers at the Joiner's Shop of Chatham Dockyard.
https://thedockyard.co.uk/explore/history-buildings/historic-buildings/timber-working-storage/

One desk was given to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 as a gesture of thanks for the rescue & return of Resolute. Since then, it has been used by every President except Johnson, Nixon & Ford. Seven Presidents have used it as their official desk
http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/furnishings/resolute-desk.htm
Title: Secretaire made from the timbers of the British Arctic ship Resolute and presented by Queen Victoria to the President of the United States.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Resolute_desk&filefrom=Lincoln-bedroom-as-presidents-office-c1899.jpg#/media/File:Secretaire_made_from_the_timbers_of_the_British_Arctic_ship_"Resolute,"_and_presented_by_Queen_Victoria_to_the_President_of_the_United_States_LCCN99471788.jpg
A second desk, called the Grinnell Desk/Queen Victoria Desk was also made from the timbers of HMS Resolute & presented to the widow of Henry Grinnell. Grinnell, an arctic explorer, had recently restored the salvaged HMS Resolute & returned it to GB (UK).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grinnell
In 1983 the Grinnel Desk was given to the New Bedford Whaling Museum & is in their collection in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/installations/grinnell-resolute-desk



HRC did sone weird expo Vienna expo replica email art thing. I squeezed it in here so we can forget.
A third desk (a writing table) was commissioned by Queen Victoria. It remains part of the Royal Collection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7232027.stm

HMS Resolute's story is in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets (cont.)
Anecdote "These twins stand resolute to preserve what we are looking for" refers to the twin Resolute desks. In each desk, there is a wood Carving that leads to the Book of Secrets. It in turns takes you to The Lost City of Gold
https://nationaltreasure.fandom.com/wiki/Resolute_Desk

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President Hayes was first to use the presidential coat of arms on stationary. He changed the eagle's head to face the arrows for the first time.
https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/453682
Franklin D. Roosevelt had a modesty panel covering the knee hole installed to hide his leg braces & wheelchair. On the desk panel carving, the eagle faces the arrows.
https://www.core77.com/posts/35625/What-Type-of-Desk-Does-the-President-of-the-United-States-Use
Presidential seal was updated in 1945. The eagle was changed back to face the olive branches instead of the arrows.
http://greatseal.com/sightings/resolutedesk.html
The Resolute desk was placed in the oval office for the 1st time in 1961, per the request of JFK. Jackie found the desk in the broadcasting room and moved it to the oval office during her White House restoration project.
https://www.biography.com/news/jacqueline-kennedy-white-house-restoration
After JFK’s assassination, the desk went on a year-long tour with the Kennedy Library traveling exhibition, then to the Smithsonian Institution for exhibition from 1966-1977. The desk was returned to the Oval office at President Jimmy Carter’s insistence.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/secrets-oval-offices-resolute-desk-used-every-president-since-carter.html/
The desk was in the Oval Office for Ronald Reagan

https://hubpages.com/politics/bush-oval-office-decor
The Resolute Desk was sent to storage just five months into George H.W. Bush’s presidency.

Buzz Adrin too
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush

& Barack Obama
Editor note: Gimme a break, don't be on this team.
Donald J. Trump



It's very clear who respects & who disrespect the office of the President of the United States.



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Feet on or not.
I dont see DT or JFK putting their feet on the desk.
Clear difference.
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