Biden's Oval Office swaps Andrew Jackson, military flags for family photos, civil rights leaders | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Fact Check
    • Family
    • Food
    • Game Reviews
    • Good Practices
    • Habitat
    • Humour
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wealth
    • Wellbeing
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • TBS Graduates
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Tech
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Friday
September 22, 2023

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Fact Check
    • Family
    • Food
    • Game Reviews
    • Good Practices
    • Habitat
    • Humour
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wealth
    • Wellbeing
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • TBS Graduates
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Tech
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Biden's Oval Office swaps Andrew Jackson, military flags for family photos, civil rights leaders

Politics

Reuters
24 January, 2021, 11:10 am
Last modified: 24 January, 2021, 11:21 am

Related News

  • PM Hasina attends US President Biden's reception
  • Awkward meeting looms for Biden and Netanyahu
  • Israeli-Palestinian violence surges ahead of Netanyahu-Biden meeting
  • Biden's son Hunter sues IRS, alleges unlawful release of his taxes
  • US, Bangladesh share vision to ensure free, open and connected Indo-Pacific: Department of State

Biden's Oval Office swaps Andrew Jackson, military flags for family photos, civil rights leaders

The military flags displayed during the Donald Trump presidency have been replaced by just an American flag and one with the Presidential Seal, and a collection of family photos

Reuters
24 January, 2021, 11:10 am
Last modified: 24 January, 2021, 11:21 am
A general view shows the Oval Office as decorated for newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A general view shows the Oval Office as decorated for newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

US President Joe Biden has decorated his new office with busts of civil rights and labor leaders, nods to other presidents who faced great crises, and side-by-side portraits of American founders who famously disagreed.

The military flags displayed during the Donald Trump presidency have been replaced by just an American flag and one with the Presidential Seal, and a collection of family photos.

The Oval Office is the formal working space for the president, and most choose new drapery, furniture and carpets when they enter, as well as art and artifacts from the White House collection, museums and collectors.

A portrait of former President Andrew Jackson, who espoused a populist political style that has sometimes been compared with that of Trump, is gone.

The space now features American leaders who faced challenges and persevered, including Abraham Lincoln, who led the country through the Civil War, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was president in the depths of the Great Depression.

A general view shows the Oval Office as decorated for newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A general view shows the Oval Office as decorated for newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The redesign includes side-by-side pictures of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and President Thomas Jefferson - men known to vehemently disagree with one another.

There is also a bust of US Senator Daniel Webster - who forcefully defended the country's unity in 1830, saying "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!"

Biden took the helm on Wednesday of an extremely polarized nation, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, with millions of people out of work.

The new Oval Office highlights the country's diversity with busts of civil rights icons including Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez, and a sculpture made by a member of the Chiricahua Apache tribe.

Members of the tribe sued the Trump administration to block a pending land swap that would give mining company Rio Tinto the land it needs to build a copper mining project.

A bust of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez joins family photos in the Oval Office, newly decorated for US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
A bust of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez joins family photos in the Oval Office, newly decorated for US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, US January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

In October, Biden promised Native Americans they would "have a seat at the table" in his administration. He has nominated Deb Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo and congresswoman from New Mexico, for Secretary of the Interior.

Biden has also brought back a painting of American flags on New York City's Fifth Ave ("The Avenue in the Rain") which hung there under previous presidents but which Trump had removed.

World+Biz

Oval Office / White House / Biden / Biden administration / Joe Biden / US President Joe Biden

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Will 10 crore eggs make any difference?
    Will 10 crore eggs make any difference?
  • The bridge at Dhanmondi 8 has been submerged in the rainwater on Thursday (21 September). Photo: TBS
    4 die from electrocution as live wire falls in rainwater in Mirpur
  • Rain water entered in many roadside shops in the city. This photo was taken from a shop in Zafrabad, West Dhanmondi on Thursday (21 September). Photo: TBS
    Heavy rain causes severe waterlogging in Dhaka

Related News

  • PM Hasina attends US President Biden's reception
  • Awkward meeting looms for Biden and Netanyahu
  • Israeli-Palestinian violence surges ahead of Netanyahu-Biden meeting
  • Biden's son Hunter sues IRS, alleges unlawful release of his taxes
  • US, Bangladesh share vision to ensure free, open and connected Indo-Pacific: Department of State

Features

Mountain gorillas are vulnerable species, only found in the willderness. Photo: Muntasir Akash

Against all odds: My encounters with mountain gorillas in Rwanda

11h | Earth
Photo: Saqlain Rizve

The quiet afterglow of Dhaka's overhead water tanks

16h | Panorama
Photo: Shovy Zibran

Maachh-bhaat for the soul: How Mariam nourishes hearts on the streets of Dhaka

1d | Panorama
Team Bored Tunnelers is a cross-institutional team consisting of six board members: (from let to right) Talha Zubair, Shaekh Mohammad Shithil, Fahin Uddin, Imran Khan, Shahriar Iqbal Mahim and Sibly Noman. Photo: Courtesy

Meet the Bangladesh team in Elon Musk's Not-a-Boring Competition finals

1d | Pursuit

More Videos from TBS

After almost two months, the Ukrainian grain ship left the Black Sea port

After almost two months, the Ukrainian grain ship left the Black Sea port

5h | TBS World
Revenue collection rises 15% in first two months of FY24

Revenue collection rises 15% in first two months of FY24

2h | TBS Economy
Fans call for Amir’s inclusion after Naseem Shah's injury

Fans call for Amir’s inclusion after Naseem Shah's injury

3h | TBS SPORTS
The need for a circular economy in Bangladesh

The need for a circular economy in Bangladesh

6h | TBS Face to Face
EMAIL US
[email protected]
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2023
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - [email protected]

For advertisement- [email protected]