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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe White House in 1970
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2013/08/richard_nixons_palace_guard046470.php
The public reaction to the new uniforms was not good. Heres how Richard Reeves describes it in President Nixon, Alone in the White House:
A couple of days after the State of the Union address, Democrats and the press finally got a chance to mock Nixon. The occasion was a state visit by Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain and the official unveiling of new White House police uniforms, inspired by the honor guards Nixon had seen in Europe. The cops were wearing double-breasted white tunics with starred epaulets, gold piping, draped braid, and high black plastic hats decorated with a large White House crest. They look like old-time movie ushers, said the Buffalo News. The Student Prince said the Chicago Daily News. In the Chicago Tribune, a Nixon friend, columnist Walter Trohan, was more serious, saying the uniforms belonged onstage, calling them frank borrowing from decadent European monarchies, which is abhorrent to this countrys democratic tradition.
The uniforms didnt last long. The black hats were the first to go, and by the mid-1970s, the whole uniform had been abandoned. In 1980, the barely-used uniforms were repurposed as yes, you guessed it, the uniforms for the Southern Utah State marching band. Apparently, the college beat out rock singer Alice Cooper, who had wanted five of the tunics for his band. The marching band paid the General Services Administration $90 for shipping, plus a charge for cleaning and pressing.
I could see Trump doing something like this.
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The White House in 1970 (Original Post)
GreatCaesarsGhost
May 2016
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virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)1. For himself....
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)3. Exactly!!! n/t
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)4. Not enough medals...
... where's that North Korean meme when you need it?
I never knew that about the WH police, though. What a silly-ass idea.
-- Mal
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)2. I think Trump will definitely do something like this. A Trump presidency will be terrifying, even for
those supporting him in the masses. Likely the WH will be named United Trump, Inc.