An important 38.5 seconds History has a way of getting away from us. If we are old enough, our triggered memories may call up with difficulty the remodeling of the White House, begun soon after Truman defeated Thomas Dewey in 1948, which necessitated the Trumans living a couple of years in nearby Blair House (once owned by the famous Blair family of the Jackson and Lincoln eras). We may even recall that awful day in 1954 when four Puerto Ricans shot up Congress. |