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. *********** … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: March 15-21
March 20, 1958 "NEW YORK—I don't know how you feel about it, but shooting all these new satellites into space and having them wandering around is beginning to make me feel that we are perhaps going to have unexpected developments! Man is interfering with whatever coordinated plan there may be in the present natural universe. … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: March 15-21
This past Friday was March 4th, the 78th anniversary of FDR's First Inauguration in 1933. FDR was the last president sworn in on March 4th because the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified on January 23, 1933, changed inauguration date from March 4 to January 20. But the amendment did not take effect until October … Continue reading FDR Fun Fact
March 10, 1939 "FORT WORTH, Texas, Friday...I was met by a young girl reporter on the train, an intense and vivid personality and one who voiced a desire which cheered me greatly. She wanted to know what young women could do to serve the cause of their country and of democracy. That is a spirit … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: March 8-14
March 12, 1933: FDR delivers his first Fireside Chat in which he discusses the banking crisis. *********** Did you know..... On March 9, 1937 FDR explained the Supreme Court reorganization plan during a fireside chat. On March 14, 1942, FDR appealed to state governors to conserve rubber by lowering speed limits.
March 4, 1944 "...I am quite sure that every writer finds as I do, that every time he goes over something he has written, he wants to change it a little. Sometimes writers want to tear their work up and start again, because they feel they have presented the subject from the wrong point of … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: March 1-7
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
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
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
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
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