In this issue: Christmas with the Roosevelts; Churchill's Leadership Under Pressure; Wisconsin #ArtifactRoadTrip; the Holiday Season of 1943; a Charles Sylvester Piersaull Image Collection.
FDR and Eleanor made a special holiday of Christmas every year. FDR Library Director William Harris invites you into the President's study for a look through some of their holiday memories held in the Archives.
Historian and biographer Richard Aldous, political scientist Eliot Cohen and and Emeritus Professor of International History at Cambridge David Reynolds examine Churchill's leadership and how it resonates today.
"In the Dugout" by Paul Lewis Clemens. This tempera painting was created for the Wisconsin Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.
In December 1943, World War II was over four years old and seemingly no closer to ending than at the start of the year. There had been however, a major shift in the progress of the war in favor of the Allied Forces.
Select images from a collection of 379 glass negatives taken by Charles Sylvester Piersaull between 1890 and 1900. Includes Hyde Park scenes, people, family groups, buildings.
"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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