July 1, 1933, President Roosevelt ended his cruise vacation by boarding the naval cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis to observe her speed […]
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On July 2, 1933 a new law was passed in Germany that barred all Jews or persons with Jewish family […]
ViewFrom the U.S.S. Indianapolis, President Roosevelt sent this message to Secretary of State Cordell Hull who was at the London Economic […]
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Despite his relatively short tenure as head of the National Recovery Administration (NRA), Hugh S. Johnson (1881-1942) played a major […]
ViewOn July 9, 1933, President Roosevelt ordered the Cotton Textile Code which abolished child labor and established a 40-hour work […]
ViewOn July 14, 1933 award-winning journalist Bess Furman had lunch in the White House. While working for the Associated Press, […]
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James Roosevelt (1828-1900), FDR’s father, was born into a wealthy Knickerbocker family at Mount Hope, his grandfather’s estate in Dutchess […]
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Sara Delano Roosevelt (1855-1941) was born at Algonac, the estate of her wealthy Republican father, Warren. She was educated at […]
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FDR read this address to the Civilian Conservation Corps over the radio and called them, “…a fine group of strong […]
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President Roosevelt seated in a DeSoto car at the south front of the White House with Eleanor Roosevelt, and others […]
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Arturo Toscanini refused as a matter of conscience to conduct a production of Wagner’s opera “Die Meistersinger” in Bayreuth, Germany. […]
ViewIn his third Fireside Chat July 24, President Roosevelt discussed economic prosperity, the NRA and AAA. He said, “Now I come […]
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