Resolute Desk
https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Fast-Facts/Desk.aspx
What was the HMS Resolute doing in the Arctic?
The HMS Resolute was a 600 ton British ship under the command of Sir Edward Belcher specifically designed for exploring the freezing Arctic. The ship set out in 1852 with the goal of finding the lost John Franklin expedition, a team of Arctic explorers that had disappeared around 1848 and had, by that point, already perished. Ironically, the HMS Resolute promptly became ice-locked, and the crew was forced to abandon ship in 1854.
How many desks were made from the HMS Resolute?
There are 3 desks total. One was given to Rutherford B. Hayes, one was given to Lady Jane Franklin, John Franklin's widow and one was given to Henry Grinnell's widow (name?) Henry Grinnell had worked hard to find out what happened to John Franklin.
Where are all the Resolute desks today?
White House,
New Bedford Whaling Museum,
Royal Naval Museum --Portsmouth, England (this desk has been on loan from Buckingham Palace since 1980.
https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Fast-Facts/Desk.aspx
What was the HMS Resolute doing in the Arctic?
The HMS Resolute was a 600 ton British ship under the command of Sir Edward Belcher specifically designed for exploring the freezing Arctic. The ship set out in 1852 with the goal of finding the lost John Franklin expedition, a team of Arctic explorers that had disappeared around 1848 and had, by that point, already perished. Ironically, the HMS Resolute promptly became ice-locked, and the crew was forced to abandon ship in 1854.
How many desks were made from the HMS Resolute?
There are 3 desks total. One was given to Rutherford B. Hayes, one was given to Lady Jane Franklin, John Franklin's widow and one was given to Henry Grinnell's widow (name?) Henry Grinnell had worked hard to find out what happened to John Franklin.
Where are all the Resolute desks today?
White House,
New Bedford Whaling Museum,
Royal Naval Museum --Portsmouth, England (this desk has been on loan from Buckingham Palace since 1980.
Hotline - teletype machine
New York Times, August 30, 1963 --Informing the public of how the hotline would work
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0830.html#article
Kennedy would relay a message to the Pentagon via phone, which would be immediately typed into a teletype machine by operators at the Pentagon, encrypted and fed into a transmitter. The message could reach the Kremlin within minutes, as opposed to hours. Although a far cry from the instantaneous communication made possible by today’s cell phones and email, the technology implemented in 1963 was considered revolutionary and much more reliable and less prone to interception than a regular trans-Atlantic phone call, which had to be bounced between several countries before it reached the Kremlin.
In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson became the first U.S. president to use the new system during the Six Day War in the Middle East.
Did you know, the hotline is still used today as a back-up to computers, and it's still tested regularly.
New York Times, August 30, 1963 --Informing the public of how the hotline would work
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0830.html#article
Kennedy would relay a message to the Pentagon via phone, which would be immediately typed into a teletype machine by operators at the Pentagon, encrypted and fed into a transmitter. The message could reach the Kremlin within minutes, as opposed to hours. Although a far cry from the instantaneous communication made possible by today’s cell phones and email, the technology implemented in 1963 was considered revolutionary and much more reliable and less prone to interception than a regular trans-Atlantic phone call, which had to be bounced between several countries before it reached the Kremlin.
In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson became the first U.S. president to use the new system during the Six Day War in the Middle East.
Did you know, the hotline is still used today as a back-up to computers, and it's still tested regularly.