February 4 – 11, 1945: FDR meets with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference to discuss post-war ideas and the United Nations. Roosevelt is pictured in a jeep at Saki Airfield on his way to Yalta for the conference with Churchill and Stalin. FDR is speaking to Special Assistant Harry L. Hopkins. … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: February 1-7
Sunday, January 30, 2011 FDR Birthday Event: Rose Garden Ceremony Location: Rose Garden, Home of FDR National Historic Site Time: 3:00 p.m. On Sunday, January 30 at 3:00 p.m., the National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden Ceremony to commemorate Franklin Roosevelt's Birthday. Following the ceremony, the FDR Presidential Library will invite attendees to return … Continue reading FDR Birthday Event
January 24, 1956 "NEW YORK—...It is not too early, I think, to remind my readers that the 59th anniversary of the founding of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers will be celebrated on Founder's Day, Friday, November 17. Mrs. Rollin Brown, the national president, has announced that special programs will be held in most … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 22-31
January 30, 1884: FDR is born in his family home in Hyde Park, NY. FDR "Toga Party" Birthday Celebration. Pictured: Marvin McIntyre, Grace Tully, Tom Lynch, Marguerite LeHand, Kirke Simpson, Nancy Cook, Malvina Thompson, Eleanor, Irwin McDuffie, FDR, Anna Roosevelt, Charles McCarthy, Margaret Durand, Stanley Prenosil, James Sullivan, Marion Dickerman, Louis Howe, Stephen Early. January … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: January 22-31
January 20, 1941: FDR's third presidential inauguration. FDR's Third Inauguration. January 20, 1941 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 48-22:3868(561).
January 20, 1939 "WASHINGTON, Thursday—...The State of Washington provides me with an interesting letter and a newspaper clipping this morning. My correspondent asks that I answer her question in my column. This is the question: "I am enclosing a clipping. Is this called free speech?" The clipping is from a paper called "The Statesmen Index", … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 15-21
January 8, 1958 "NEW YORK—I came home from Warm Springs, Ga., and the 20th anniversary celebration of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis with a feeling of great hope. I was delighted that the foundation looks upon its present achievements not as an ending, but as a beginning, and my hope is that it will … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 8-14
January 14, 1943: FDR leaves for the Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill and becomes the first president to leave the U.S. during wartime. Franklin D. Roosevelt reviews the troops during his trip to Morocco for the Casablanca Conference. January 21, 1943 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 48-22 3628(2). Franklin D. Roosevelt with Winston Churchill at … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: January 8-14
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear. Today is the 70th Anniversary of FDR's Four Freedoms Speech. Check out this great web feature on our website about this speech.
January 2, 1951 "HYDE PARK, Monday—I have just had an amusing, anonymous letter, and I am going to reproduce it here because I think it is a good note on which to start the New Year. My correspondent writes: "My dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Don't you think it is a mistake to refer to yourself as … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 1-7
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