Jul 29, 2020
J.B. West, chief usher from 1957 to 1968, poses in the West Sitting Hall with Jacqueline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr. prior to their departure from the White House - 1963
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J.B. West, chief usher from 1957 to 1968, poses in the West Sitting Hall with Jacqueline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr. prior to their departure from the White House - 1963
Jackie Kennedy (right) had arranged for Chief Usher J.B. West to dress as Miss Ward, headmistress of the Miss Porter’s School, for a surprise birthday she hosted for her social secretary and former Miss Porter’s classmate, Nancy Tuckerman.
Book 48 of the 50 book challenge. Upstairs at the White House by J.B. West and Mary Lynn Kotz. This was such a good book, he starts as an assistant Usher in the White House in 1941 until 1969 when he retired as Chief Usher. He lived through the Roosevelt administration, The Truman administration, Eisenhower administration, Kennedy and Johnson administrations plus the first month or so of the Nixon administration. It gives such an interesting perspective to what it was like to live in the White House. If you are interested in us history or White House history this is a good book to read.