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Kamala Harris Has a New Desk-and It May Be Better Than Joe Biden s
Vice President Kamala Harris is blazing many trails, including in her choice of office furniture. Here s why her new desk is making headlines.
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When new U.S. presidents are sworn in, one of their first jobs is to select from among a half-dozen famous desks to install in the Oval Office. But the second-in-command has never had such a lofty tradition until now.
Kamala Harris, our nation s first female and woman of color vice president, is finally getting a historic piece worthy of her status.
Harris desk was crafted from materials from the historic USS Constitution warship. (Twitter/@VP)
That desk includes not only materials from the Constitution, but also several other famous American warships, including the USS Chesapeake frigate also commissioned in 1794 and the battleship USS Arizona, sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
A drawer on the Navy secretary’s desk features pen trays built with a piece of the Arizona.
The project was approved under President Donald Trump, and construction on the desks began on Jan. 4, while he was still in office. (Twitter/@VP) Each of these historic warships, like so many other vessels throughout the history of the Navy, embody the honor, courage, and commitment of those who served in them, Taylor told Military.com. More importantly, the desks will be lasting reminders to our civilian leaders that today’s Navy and our diverse sailors and Marines are deployed forward alongside our allies and partners
USS Constitution Museum reopens to public Share Updated: 10:59 AM EDT Apr 8, 2021 USS Constitution Museum Share Updated: 10:59 AM EDT Apr 8, 2021 The USS Constitution Museum reopens to the public Thursday, the 45th anniversary of its opening in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The museum will be open Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Anne Grimes Rand, USS Constitution Museum President and CEO, will be there with a wide smile under her mask to greet visitors on this historic day. We are thrilled to welcome visitors back to the USS Constitution Museum on our 45th birthday, Rand said. We are committed to safely providing educational and engaging experiences for our guests. Rand commemorated the museum s 45th anniversary by firing the morning cannon on Old Ironsides. The museum said it will reopen with visitor safety enhancements and policies in accordance with city and state requirements and guidelines.
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More than two centuries after President George Washington signed the act that authorized the construction of the frigate USS Constitution, a sailor from Maine is part of a team that has linked the earliest steps of a new nation to a very different present-day United States government.
Builder 2nd Class Donald Morse IV, of Lyman, a member of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command in Washington, D.C., was part of a team of four who repurposed wood from the ship, as well as parts from several other historic U.S. Navy vessels, to create executive desks for the offices of the vice president and the U.S. secretary of the Navy.