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Tag Archives: Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR 1941: The Christmas Houseguest
On December 6, 1941, the US was an isolationist country. That changed on December 7. The Storm Clouds War had been looming throughout Europe for nearly a decade. Japan had been making belligerent noises in Asia for more than a … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, National Christmas Tree Lighting, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Presidential history, The attack on Pearl Harbor, The onset of WWII, The Second World War, US history, White House guests, White House history, White House Xmas of 1941, Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill visits the USA, Winston Churchill’s personal habits
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The Sagamore Hill-Hyde Park Connection: Part II
Mano a Mano Theodore Roosevelt’s father (Theodore Sr.) had been a nominal Whig, but once the Republican Party had formed and had promised to be viable, he became a Republican and strong admirer of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American history, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ex-POTUS TR involved in law suit, FDR's estate at Hyde Park, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Presidential history, Republican Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, The Hyde Park estate of FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill, TR and FDR, US history, White House history
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The Sagamore Hill-Hyde Park Relations: Part 1
Family Ties. The Common Bond Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt came to New Amsterdam around 1640, about the time Peter Stuyvesant was its governor. He was not a wealthy man. He did not come for religious freedom. He did not come … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, FDR's father James Roosevelt, FDR's mother Sara Delano Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, history, Hyde Park Roosevelts, James Roosevelt, Johannes and Jacobus Roosevelt, Oyster Bay LI Roosevelts, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Sagamore Hill Roosevelts, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The Roosevelt lineage, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Senior, US history, White House history
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The FDRs: Home for the Holidays
After the First War When Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt married in 1905, it was a love match. Despite differences in their personalities and natures (he was outgoing, she was introverted), they truly cared deeply for each other, and found more … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR and polio, FDR and Warm Springs GA, FDR's children, FDR's estate at Hyde Park, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Hyde Park NY, Presidential history, The early years of Franklin and Eleano Roosevelt, US history, White House history
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FDR Changes His Will
Franklin D. Roosevelt was well born and well pedigreed. But… But when his seventy-something father died, FDR was still in college. His son was provided with a substantial yearly income, but Sara Delano Roosevelt was given the principal under her … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR and Warm Springs GA, FDR contracts polio, FDR's Uncle Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's Warm Springs GA, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, Marguerite LeHand, Missy LeHand, Presidential history, Presidential secretary Marguerite LeHand, US history, White House history
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Spanish Flu Casualty
One of the serious casualties of the great Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-9, was the marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt In Europe In mid-1918, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was sent to Europe to … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Asst. Sec. of the Navy F.D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Louis Howe, Lucy Mercer, Presidential history, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, US history
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Eleanor Roosevelt: The Bonus Army
In 1933, when Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt became the First Family, the Great Depression was strangling the country. The USA: 1933 After the stock market crash in October, 1929, it took some time for the economy to be seriously felt … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, history, Louis Howe, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Presidential history, The Bonus Army, The Bonus Marchers, The Civilian conservation Corps, The Great Depression, US history, White House history
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Franklin and Eleanor: The Chasm
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a 5th cousin to Eleanor Roosevelt. The Commonalities of Childhood Descended from Dutch ancestors slightly post-Mayflower, both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelts were New York Knickerbockers, an aristocratic old-line status. Both Franklin (1882-1945) and Eleanor (1883-1961) came … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor's father Elliott Roosevelt, FDR, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Lucy Mercer, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The courtship of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the family life of Eleanor Roosevelt, The family life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history
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The Six FLOTUS Widows of 1947
In January, 1947, five (and maybe a “half”) widowed First Ladies were still living. Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947) Frances Cleveland was a First Lady of many distinctions. She was First Lady two separate times, during the non-consecutive terms of Grover … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, First Lady Edith Wilson, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, history, Mary Dimmick Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Calvin Coolidge, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential widows, Presidential Wife Mary Harrison, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Bad Deal
One of life’s important lessons is playing “the hand you are dealt” the best way you can. FDR: Several Aces By the time Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was in his thirties, the hand he was dealt – a patrician-born New … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Childhood of FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR contracts polio, FDR house at Warm Springs GA, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, history, Hyde Park NY, Louis Howe, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, Sara Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, VP candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt
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