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FDR and the March of Dimes
Of all the programs undertaken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, none was more personal than the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. Polio Polio is the common name given to “infantile paralysis,” a contagious and horrible disease, thankfully near eradication today. It was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Basil O'Connor, Dr. Albert Sabin, Dr. Jonas Salk, Entertainer Eddie Cantor, FDR initiates the March of Dimes, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Presidential history, The Little White House in Warm Springs GA, The March of Dimes, The National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, the polio vaccine, US history, Warm Springs GA, White House history
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