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The Resolute Desk
The Resolute Desk is the most iconic, classic feature of the modern Oval Office, the formal working space of the President of the United States. It was first used in that location by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as part of a White House redesign and restoration spearheaded by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
The wood is reclaimed from the British exploration ship the HMS Resolute, which was found abandoned in the Arctic by American whalers. The United States purchased, repaired, and returned the ship to the United Kingdom as a symbol of friendship. After it was retired 25 years later, Queen Victoria commissioned the desk to gift to the White House under President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.
Who would have thought it was made from a ship….
https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/what-s-inside/areas/sit-in-the-oval-office/qr2/#:~:text=The%20Resolute%20Desk%20is%20the,Hayes%20in%201880.