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Tag Archives: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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VP Thomas Marshall and the Flag
Thomas Marshall is one of the unknown and generally disregarded Vice Presidents….but… About Tom Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) was an attorney, and like James Madison, diminutive in stature – perhaps only 5’2 or 3”. An Indiana Hoosier, he gravitated … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Asst. Sec. of the Navy F.D. Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, Indiana Governor thoas Marshall, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, The Vice Presidency, US history, Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, VP Thomas Marshall, Wilson's VP Marshall
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Harry Truman’s Best Birthday Present
Harry Truman was just shy of his 61st birthday when he became President. HST: The Unprepared Vice President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was elected Democratic Senator from Missouri in 1934, two years after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first elected Democratic … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, history, Missouri political boss Pendergast, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, The suicide of Adopf Hitler, The Truman Committee, US history, V-E Day, Victory in Europe, VP Harry Truman, White House history, Winston Churchill, World War II, World War II ends
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An FDR White House Christmas
For twelve years, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt occupied in the White House and spent more Christmas holidays there than any other first family. Strictly Roosevelt Traditions Some holiday traditions are more or less universal. Then, of course, there are those … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Christmas in the White House, Eleanor Rooseelt's Christmas book, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fala the FDR dog, FDR, FDR's dog Fala, FDR's estate at Hyde Park, FDR's family, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Presidential Christmas traditions, Presidential history, The forge at Val-Kill, US history, Val-Kill, White House Christmas gifts, White House history
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s Road to Val-Kill
Eleanor Roosevelt was nearly forty before she had a life, and place of her own. FDR, Eleanor and Polio The marriage between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, fifth cousins by birth, had never been a joyful one. Their personalities were … Continue reading
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Mrs. Truman and the Housekeeper
Bess Wallace Truman would not tolerate any disregard to her authority. Bess Wallace: Homebody Bess Wallace (1885-1982) was the granddaughter of a well-to-do flour mill owner from Independence, MO. Her mother, Madge Gates, was a spoiled and self-centered woman, who … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's father David Wallace, Bess Truman's mother Madge Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Bess Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, Henrietta Nesbitt, history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, Presidential history, US history, White House cuisine, White House history, White House housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt
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Passionate Crusaders: A Book Review
All Presidents, no matter how great, wise or popular, will have some black marks on the escutcheon. Sometimes the exigencies of politics lead to decisions that later generations will decry. Such a decision, and such a political exigency is the … Continue reading
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FDR Glimpses the Future: 1920
In 1920, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was thirty-eight years old, and the Democratic party’s candidate for Vice President. FDR: A Moderate Career Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was not a spectacular rise to success by any means. He had a rather spoiled … Continue reading
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