1961 Press Photo Fireworks display in front of the Washington Monument
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Description
The rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air give a spectacular brilliance to the Washington Monument and the White House on the eve of President Truman's inauguration in 1949. But even the pyrotechnics couldn't match President Truman's own fireworks the preceding year, when he pulled the political upset of the century by winning the election that all experts said would go to Thomas E. Dewey.
