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Desk from the Decks

  • July 11, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Used by many U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama, the Resolute desk is made of wood from the HMS Resolute. An American whaler found the British ship adrift and returned it. Later, Queen Victoria had the desk built and presented it to Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.

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