In this issue: Hudson Valley History Reading Festival This Saturday; President Roosevelt's Cabinet within the Cabinet; the Daughters of Yalta; FDR's Collection of 19th Century Games #FDRtheCollector; Eleanor Roosevelt's Return to NYC After the Funeral.
The Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District host the tenth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival. In four sessions, beginning at 10am, authors of books on Hudson Valley history – including Leslie Melvin & William B. Rhoads, Kathryn W. Burke, Philip Dray, and Anthony Musso – will present talks followed by book signings in the Wallace Center. This is a free public event, but registration is required for in-person attendance.
Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made
Three men and one woman formed a kind of Cabinet within a Cabinet for President Roosevelt. Author Derek Leebaert examines the four figures – Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, Henry Wallace, and Frances Perkins – who played such a critical role in the nation's recovery. This is a free public event, but registration is required.
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The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans
Catherine Grace Katz and former FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow discuss the influential roles played by Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman at the most important conference of World War II.
FDR purchased this collection of 19th Century games in 1939 for $97.50 from the American Autograph Shop in Merion Station, PA. They were found together in the attic of an old house in Massachusetts.
"When we reached New York City Friday evening we were all fairly weary. But it was almost as touching coming home to New York as it had been leaving Washington, for here again everyone greeted us with real emotion. The porters at the station, the taxi driver, the doorman and the elevator man at the apartment, all visibly controlled their emotion as they told me how personally bereft they felt and how anxious they were to do anything to help us."
"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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