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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Stamp Collector

The Budding Philatelist Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the only child of a middle-aged father and his much younger second wife. It had been extremely difficult for Sara Delano Roosevelt, and the doctors advised the couple that more children would … Continue reading

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General Ike and Princess Elizabeth: First Meeting

General Eisenhower spent several months in England preparing for the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The King and Queen of WWII In no small part, the decisions and actions of Great Britain’s King George VI (1895-1952) were deeply influenced by the … Continue reading

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