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Tag Archives: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nifty History People
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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The Presidents of New York
Virginia and Ohio claim to be Mother of Presidents – but NY claims 7 unique sons! Three Who Re-Upped the Third Party Way #8, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was a New Yorker from the border of the Catskill and Adirondack … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, history, James Garfield, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Martin Van Buren, President Millard Fillmore, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, The American Party, the Bull Moose Party, The Democratic Party, The Democratic-Republicans, The Free Soil Party, The Know-Nothing party, The Progressive Party, The Republican Party, The Whig Party, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
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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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Tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt's cottage at Val-Kill, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR and polio, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history American History, Hyde Park NY, Louis Howe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The Hyde Park estate of FDR, US history, Val-Kill, White House history
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