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zzedar asked: Did you know FDR once hosted a toga party in the White House?
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femmenietzsche:

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I did not.

Franklin Roosevelt\u2019s harsher critics sometimes compared him to a \ndictator. In 1934, the President and his staff turned this criticism \ninto a lighthearted joke at FDR\u2019s 52nd birthday party.

The party was held on January 30, 1934, at the White House by members\n of the Cuff Links Gang, a group of longtime political advisers and \nfriends who joined Roosevelt every year for his birthday. The 1934 party\n had a \u201cCaesarian\u201d theme, with guests wearing togas and centurion \ncostumes. Marion Dickerman, a friend of the Roosevelts, wore the muslin \ntoga costume seen above to the party. In the photo, FDR, as \u201cCaesar,\u201d is\n surrounded by friends, family members, and close advisers, including \nEleanor Roosevelt (as the \u201cDelphic Oracle\u201d). Dickerman is standing at \nthe far right, wearing the toga. Just below her is Louis Howe, FDR\u2019s \nlongtime political adviser, dressed as a member of the Praetorian Guard.

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