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Thu Sep-03-09 07:27 AM
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11. Here is the story of the panel.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a hinged front panel in order to hide his wheelchair.<3> The panel was commissioned in 1944 but was not delivered until 1945, following Roosevelt's death. President Truman had the panel installed anyway. The panel features the presidential seal—one of only four in the White House that have the eagle's head turned towards the 13 arrows in the eagle's left talon, as opposed to the now-official arrangement with the eagle turned towards the olive branch in the right talon with the 13 leaves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute_desk

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