April 12, 1945: FDR dies in Warm Springs, Georgia. Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral service in the East Room of the White House. April 14, 1945 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 72-18:422 Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral at Hyde Park, New York. April 15, 1945 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 77-144(1) ********** The New Deal Estore is … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: April 8-15
April 5, 1933: Issues executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps. FDR - having lunch while visiting Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, Co. 350, at Big Meadows, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. L-r: General Malone, Louis Howe, Harold Ickes, Robert Fechner, FDR, Henry Wallace, Rexford Tugwell. August 12, 1933 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 54-499. ********** The … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: April 1-7
March 22, 1933: FDR delivers a message to Congress on unemployment relief and the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. ********** The New Deal Estore is a great place to shop for Roosevelt related books, gifts, and other treasures from the New Deal Store at the Roosevelt Library. Available at www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu, the Estore features everything … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: March 22-31
March 17, 1905: FDR and ER are married in New York City by President Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt at "Algonac" in Newburgh, NY. May 7, 1905 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx 63-536. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt pictured shortly after their marriage in March 1905. March 1905 FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx 62-41.
March 12, 1933: FDR delivers his first Fireside Chat in which he discusses the banking crisis.
March 4, 1933: FDR is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States.
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."
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)
February 9, 1935: FDR addressed the Boy Scout of America 25th Anniversary by radio.
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
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