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Tag Archives: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge Chooses to Run: 1924
Perhaps the biggest surprise in Coolidge’s life was being nominated as Vice President in 1920. The Vice Presidency If the selection of little-known Warren G. Harding as the Republican candidate for president in 1920 was a surprise to the country, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred E. Smith, American history, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, John W. Davis, President alvin Coolidge, President Warren Harding, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Prohibition in 1924, The convention of 1924, The death of Warren Harding, The Democrats in 1924, the Ku Klux Klan in 1924, US history, VP Calvin Coolidge, Warren Harding, White House history, William McAdoo
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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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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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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 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 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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FDR and the Lend-Lease Metaphor
It’s an old story told thousands of times, but still rings true. FDR: The President on Two Fronts In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the Democratic nomination for an unprecedented third term in office. Despite being crippled by … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, FDR and Lend-Lease, FDR's "firehose" speech, FDR's friendship with Churchill, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, King George VI, Lend-Lease, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Presidential history, Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, the beginning of World War II, The Great Depression, the Lend-Lease program, The onset of WWII, The outlook of Franklin D. Roosevelt, US history, White House history, Winston Churchill
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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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