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The Official 2018 White House Christmas Ornament

The Official 2018 White House Christmas Ornament

The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors the thirty-third President Harry S. Truman. The ornament illustrates significant changes made to the White House during Truman’s administration, including his celebrated Truman Balcony, added in 1947–48 to the South Portico. The reverse side features his renovated Blue Room, which, like all the rooms of the house, was dismantled and rebuilt during the renovation of 1948–52. The Presidential Seal featured at the top of the ornament reflects the design as changed by Truman. Originally the American eagle looked toward its left talons, which hold a cluster of spears, weapons of war. Truman had the seal redesigned, turning the eagle’s head away from the spears to its right talons, which hold the olive branches of peace.

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