March 4, 1933: FDR is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. *********** Did you know..... On March 5, 1934, FDR outlined a program to create one million new jobs. He told a Washington audience of business and industrial leaders that the new jobs could be created if a general ten percent increase … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: March 1-7
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This Week in Roosevelt History: February 22-29
February 29, 1936: FDR signed amended neutrality resolution. "This amendement prohibited loans or credits to belligerents, but a 'Monroe Doctrine' clause exempted american nations engaged in war with nations outside the western hemisphere." *********** Did you know..... On February 23, 1942, FDR made a fireside chat on war progress. During this fireside chat, a Japanese … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: February 22-29
Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 22-29
February 25, 1952 "KARACHI, Pakistan, Sunday...The All-Pakistan Women's Association showed me also a small maternity clinic which they started in a refugee camp under considerable difficulties, since water in the area is only turned on for two hours in the morning and two at night and they have no running water as yet in the … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 22-29
President’s Day Weekend Events
Saturday, February 19, 2011 Film: Sunrise at Campobello Location: Henry A. Wallace Center Time: 1:00 p.m. The FDR Presidential Library will screen Sunrise at Campobello (1960) at 1:00 p.m. on February 19. Dore Schary's Sunrise at Campobello is the story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio and how his family and close friends coped with his illness. This Academy Award-nominated biography … Continue reading President’s Day Weekend Events
The Week in Roosevelt History: February 15-21
February 19, 1942: The Tuskegee Airmen, the Army Air Corps’ all African American 100th Pursuit Squadron was activated at Tuskegee Institute. Eleanor Roosevelt at the Tuskegee Institute. March 29, 1941 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx 48-22:3724(138) *********** Did you know..... On February 15, 1933, there was an assassination attempt on then President-Elect Roosevelt in Miami, … Continue reading The Week in Roosevelt History: February 15-21
Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 15-21
February 18, 1960 "NEW YORK—Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev took the opportunity of his visit to India to attack foreign aid given by the United States as being purely selfish, whereas that given by the Soviet Union is, by implication, unselfish. As a matter of fact, foreign aid given by any nation is never totally unselfish, … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 15-21
The Eleanor Roosevelt “We Make Our Own History” Forums
Register now for our Eleanor Roosevelt "We Make Our Own History" Forums on February 13th & March 27th. The first forum, featuring Paula J. Giddings, author of IDA: A SWORD AMONG LIONS: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching, is on February 13, 2011 in commemoration of African American History Month. The forum will … Continue reading The Eleanor Roosevelt “We Make Our Own History” Forums
This Week in Roosevelt History: February 8-14
February 9, 1935: FDR addressed the Boy Scout of America 25th Anniversary by radio. *********** Did you know..... On February 8, 1933, Roosevelt was officially elected president for his first term
Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 8-14
February 9, 1948 "HYDE PARK, Sunday—I went to speak for one of the Y.M.C.A. groups at New York University Medical College late Friday afternoon, and I was interested to see that a good cross section of our New York City population was represented in the audience. There were Protestants, Catholics and Jews, as well as … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 8-14
Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 1-7
February 2, 1938 "WASHINGTON, Tuesday—We had movies for ten very well-behaved children yesterday afternoon. I decided the industry has learned how to appeal to the young, for even the one-and-half year old children sat perfectly quiet for three-quarters of an hour. I learned another lesson, and that is children do not consider they have received … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: February 1-7
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