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Tag Archives: FDR
The Justice and the Presidents
OWH, JR Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior (1841-1935) was Massachusetts born into a solid and prosperous family. His father, OWH Senior was a physician and occasional poet, probably best known for the versifying part. As such, his son was attending Harvard when the Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Common Law" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln visits Fort Stevens, American history, Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Author Jonathan Alter, Civil War General Horatio wright, Confederate General Jubal Early, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, FDR, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Stevens, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Oliver wendell Holmes Jr., President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The American Civil War, The American Law review, Union General Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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FDR: Meeting on the High Seas
Every public person wishes to escape “privately” from time to time. Caveat: This does not mean to “hide” anything salacious, criminal or embarrassing. It may only mean to have the personal freedom to enjoy a good book, or a quiet … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Britishg Prime Minister Winston Churchill, FDR, FDR's mother Sara Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Isolationist America in the 1940s, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Presidential history, The Atlantic Charter, US history, White House history, Winston Churchill
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Presidential Friendships: How They Changed History
A Book Review Political beings, as a whole, are generally outgoing souls, with a long retinue of friends, ranging from pleasant how-ya-doin’ acquaintances to long-standing trusted companions. Presidents, at the top of the political pecking order, are no exception. Author … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Author Mike Purdy, Benjamin Harrison, FDR, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mike Purdy, Presidential history, Sam Rayburn, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, VP John Nance Garner, White House history, William Howard Taft
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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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FDR and Crown Princess Martha of Norway
A month before the famous visit between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and King George VI of Great Britain, the Crown Prince and Princess of Norway visited the US. The Young Norwegians In 1939, Norwegian Crown Prince Olav V and his charming … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Crown Prince Olav V of Norway, Crown Princess Martha of Norway, FDR, FDR advisor Harry Hopkins, FDR's "Look to Norway" speech, FDR's dog Fala, FDR's friendship with Crown Princess Martha of Norway, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, King Haakon VII of Norway, Norweigian Crown Prince Olav V, Norweigian Crown Princess Martha, Norweigian history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Presidential history, US history, White Hosue 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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The Assassin and FDR-the-POTUS-Elect
Less than a month before FDR’s first inauguration in 1933, he was the target of an assassination attempt. FDR: President Elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an unlikely candidate for President in 1932. The 50-year-old New York patrician had a pleasant, … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, FDR, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Giuseppe Zangara Giuseppe "Joe" Zangara, history, Miami history, NY Governor Franklin D Roosevelt, President Herbert Hoover, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presidential history, the Assassination of Anton Cermak, the attempted assassination of FDR, 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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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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Saying Goodbye to FDR
Death is always private, but the death of a world figure becomes a public event. President Roosevelt’s Health When Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in April, 1945, the world was stunned. He had been US president for twelve years, just recently … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR and polio, FDR at Yalta, FDR's Little White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Graham Jackson, Harry Truman, history, Hyde Park NY, Little White House in Warm Springs, President Franklin D Roosevelt, presidential deaths, Presidential funerals, Presidential history, Presidential illness, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. history, Warm Springs GA, White House history
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