In this issue: Veterans Art Showcase this Weekend; Douglas Brinkley on the 1960s Rise of Environmental Activism; Steve Kemper on Japan's Decade Leading to WWII through the eyes of Ambassador Joseph Grew; our Holiday Open House with Santa; Nicholas Reynolds on American Intelligence during WWII; Vermont #ArtifactRoadTrip; the Year of Two Thanksgivings; Giving Tuesday.
We wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS
Exhibition
Veterans Art Showcase
November 18-20
Henry A. Wallace Center
This weekend-long Veteran Arts Showcase features works by local artists, photographers, and authors with military backgrounds. The event will kick-off with a reception on Friday, November 18, at 5:30 pm, followed by two full days (November 19 and 20) of exhibits, presentations, and performances.
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.
The American Thanksgiving Tradition: A Time of Turkey and Tension
Second only to Independence day, Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday bringing with it turkey and tension, cranberries and chaos, and promise and peace, if we just approach it the right way. Join FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin for this Roosevelt Story special holiday broadcast. Live Q&A through the comments.
Journalist and author Steve Kemper gives a behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during the volatile decade that led to World War II, as seen through the eyes of Joseph C. Grew, the American ambassador who attempted to stop the slide to war.
Holiday Open House Events
December 10, 9am - 5pm ET
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center
Holiday Open House
Both the Home and the Roosevelt Library study will be decorated for the holidays as they were during the Roosevelt presidency.
Children's Reading Festival
Children's book authors will read from and sign copies of their books. Featured books will be available for purchase.
Live Music and Santa
In addition, there will be live music, free photos with Santa, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and children can make holiday cards for sailors on the USS FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (www.ddg-roosevelt.navy.mil) beginning at Noon.
Refreshments in the visitor center will be served throughout the afternoon.
Admission is free to the Home and Library throughout the day.
Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds, the New York Times bestselling author of Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy, uncovers the definitive history of American intelligence during World War II, illuminating its key role in securing victory and its astonishing growth from practically nothing at the start of the war in a conversation with FDR Library Director William Harris.
On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1939, Franklin Roosevelt carved the turkey at the annual Thanksgiving Dinner at Warm Springs, Georgia, and wished all Americans across the country a Happy Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, many Americans were not observing Thanksgiving on the same day as the President.
This annual celebration of charitable giving follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday, offering an opportunity for people around the world to show their support for the causes closest to them.
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"Whatever our individual circumstances or opportunities, we are all in it, and our spirit is good... and do not let anyone tell you anything different." FDR, Oct 12, 1942, fireside chat.
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