What was President Franklin Roosevelt doing on December 7, 1941, before he learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Which advisers did he summon when he realized that America was on the brink of war? Most Americans know where the President was on December 8th, but where was he on December 6th . . … Continue reading Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day
James MacGregor Burns rightly can be called the Dean of Roosevelt Biographers. His first volume on Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1956), was barely edged out of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for biography by John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage. Its companion volume, Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom (1970), won the 1971 … Continue reading James MacGregor Burns Comes Full Circle
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
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
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
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.
Here are some photos from our three 1935 New Deal Public Forums.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library author talk and book signing: Former investigative reporter for The Washington Post and Time magazine TED GUP to speak about his new book A SECRET GIFT: HOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS - AND TROVE OF LETTERS - REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION December 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. … Continue reading Book Talk – December 5th
Sunday, November 21, 2010 1935 AND THE ENDURING NEW DEAL: The Arts & History Programs Location: Henry A. Wallace Center Time: 2:00 p.m. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security Act, the Works Progress Administration, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Rural Electrification Administration, the FDR Presidential Library … Continue reading Public Forum this Sunday
Thursday, November 18, 2010 National Issues Forum: Economic Security: How Should We Take Charge of Our Future? Location: Henry A. Wallace Center Time: 7:00 p.m. In collaboration with the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) and the Kettering Foundation, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a public discussion on economic security on … Continue reading National Issues Forum – Economic Security: How Should We Take Charge of Our Future?
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