He recounts a newspaper story he read that morning about how Blair House came to be bought: Churchill, staying at the White House, kept Roosevelt up until 3:30 a.m. and then appeared at 7:30 in his nightgown with a cigar and a tumbler of cognac heading for the President's bedroom, so Mrs. Roosevelt insisted a separate guest house be bought.
Date (happened)
c. 1971
unresolved
- c. 1971
Place
the White House
possible
Told / reported
- c. 1971
Sources
Source
- I Am The True Vine ¶19 (Like, yes, the morning I read the story told of Blair House in Washington, how we came to buy it and make it a guest house for the guests of our presidents.)