In this issue: Steve Kemper on Japan's Decade Leading to WWII through the eyes of Ambassador Joseph Grew; our Holiday Open House with Santa and Children's Book Signings; Douglas Brinkley's Silent Spring Revolution; Washington #ArtifactRoadTrip; Looking Back at FDR's "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" Speech.
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.
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.
This print, Paul Bunyan Making Puget Sound by Richard Correll, was created for the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. It was displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1940.
In the early morning hours of December 7, 1941 Japan unleashed a devastating surprise attack on American military installations throughout the Pacific, thus bringing the United States into World War II. After an afternoon spent monitoring the crisis, shortly before 5 PM, President Roosevelt began preparing a war message for Congress. Though drafted in haste, FDR’s words galvanized the nation.
"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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