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Jul 3, 2024 · President Franklin Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" (term was coined by a CBS reporter) were not an isolated event. He gave a radio address every single week, back in a time when radio was still the ...
6 days ago · On Feb. 15, 1933, amid the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt stood on the backseat of an open car and delivered a speech in Miami's Bayfront Park. After Roosevelt finished speaking, he slid down into his seat when a "deranged, unemployed bricklayer" named Guiseppe Zangara fired five shots at Roosevelt from close range, according to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Jul 3, 2024 · Franklin and Eleanor were young when they first planned to get engaged - he was 21 and she was 19. In 1903, Franklin told his mother of his plan to marry Eleanor. Franklin's mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, was a huge presence in his life, and she cautioned the young couple against rushing into marriage. She urged her son:
6 days ago · Roosevelt dimes replaced the Mercury dime in 1946. In the beginning of the series all dimes continued with an alloy of 90% silver to 10% copper. Because of silver content all dimes 1946 to 1964 are worth well above face value. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is portrayed on the obverse, first dimes released on January 30, 1946.
Jun 24, 2024 · The President's Mystery Plot by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and others Call Number: PS3500 .P74 "The story line for this intriguing mystery movie was suggested by none other than President Franklin D. Roosevelt, an avid fan of mystery stories.
1 day ago · During the Korean War of the early 1950s, Black soldiers for the first time fought side by side with whites in fully integrated units. African Americans - Great Depression, New Deal, Struggles: The Great Depression of the 1930s worsened the already bleak economic situation of African Americans. They were the first to be laid off from their jobs ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. A republican, as president, he presided over a period that was characterized by economic prosperity and conformity in the midst of the Cold War.
