Carved Wooden Pig (MO 1947.93.412) President Roosevelt liked to display souvenirs and small trinkets he received as gifts on his desk in the White House Oval Office. Some of these items reflected whimsical aspects of FDR's personality. This carved wooden pig is certainly among them. Roosevelt enjoyed collecting pig figurines. His private secretary Grace … Continue reading From the Museum
Both the FDR Presidential Library and the Home of FDR National Historic Site hosted more than 3000 visitors over Memorial Day Weekend at a series of public programs and events. The weekend kicked off with a full audience at the Library's annual USO Show on Friday night. Attendees were treated to an evening of entertainment … Continue reading Public Programs News & Events
Golden Gate Bridge Opens This Sunday, May 27th, 2012 marks the 75th anniversary of the opening of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Considered a marvel of both scale and design, the Golden Gate held the distinction of being the world's longest suspension bridge up until the 1960s. The 1937 opening festivities lasted for one … Continue reading Found in the Archives
1934 Hawaiian Visit May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. The Hawaiian Islands, located at the northernmost part of Polynesia, were annexed by the United States in 1898, and in 1959 became the nation's 50th state. By the time of Roosevelt's presidency Hawaii was characterized by an incredible diversity of cultural ancestry, including Native Hawaiian, pan-Asian … Continue reading Found in the Archives
Mother’s Day The first presidential proclamation honoring Mother's Day was issued by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. Each successive year, presidents followed Wilson's example and issued a Mother's Day proclamation. But in 1935, Franklin Roosevelt broke with tradition. He believed that Mother's Day was so deeply ingrained in the American psyche that an annual presidential proclamation was an unnecessary … Continue reading Found in the Archives
Memorial Day celebrations in the United States began after the Civil War to commemorate the lives of those lost during the war. During FDR's presidency, Decoration Day honored the lives of all Americans who had died in military service for the United States. The name of the holiday was officially changed to Memorial Day in … Continue reading Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day – May
The RMS Titanic at 100 One hundred years ago, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.Considered a marvel of sumptuous luxury and Progressive Era industrial engineering, the ship charged confidently through icy waters at high speeds, struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland, then went down in under … Continue reading Found in the Archives
FDR's Last Official Act, April 12, 1945 Each year around the anniversary of FDR's death on April 12, 1945, we are often asked if we know the last official action taken by Roosevelt as president. Thanks to presidential secretary William D. Hassett, who often traveled with FDR and was in Warm Springs on that fateful … Continue reading Found in the Archives
On March 29, 1945, FDR left the White House for the last time on a trip to Warm Springs, Georgia. He had first visited Warm Springs in the mid-1920s after hearing that the waters there had healing powers. He hoped they would help him regain the use of his legs which were left paralyzed from … Continue reading Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day – April
On April 2, 2012, the National Archives publicly released over 3 million images containing 1940 census responses. The information had been closed for a mandated 72 years, but is now available for free and online at http://1940census.archives.gov. There were 132 million people living in the United States in 1940, Americans who had lived through the Great … Continue reading 1940 Census – The Roosevelts
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