March 2nd, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

1:15am –

1:30am

Stop in Atlanta, GA

Aboard train

TRP

2:40am –

2:45am

Stop in Gainesville, GA

Aboard train

TRP

5:00am –

5:05am

Stop in Greenville, SC

Aboard train

TRP

5:45am –

5:50am

Stop in Hayne, SC

Aboard train

TRP

8:55am –

9:00am

Stop in Salisbury, NC

Aboard train

TRP

11:30am

Arrive Danville, VA

Aboard train

TRP

11:30am

Press Conf. # 627 (FDR)

Aboard train

PC

11:35am

Leave Danville, VA

Aboard train

TRP

1:20pm –

1:25pm

Stop in Monroe, VA

Aboard train

TRP

3:10pm –

3:15pm

Stop in Weyburn, VA

Aboard train

TRP

6:15pm

Arrive Washington, DC

Washington, DC

STE, TU, TRP

6:45pm

Returned to White House

White House

USH

10:20pm

Retired

White House

USH

Houseguest

Rev. and Mrs. Hank Wilson (arr. 3:50), Sara Delano Roosevelt and maid (arr. 5:05)

USH

USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary

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