In this issue: Author David Pietrusza on the 1936 Presidential election; Author Rebecca Brenner Graham on Frances Perkins' role in saving refugees; Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday Celebration with Cake; Discussing the Four Freedoms with Harvey Kaye; A Wool Afternoon Dress Worn by Eleanor Roosevelt; FDR's Four Freedoms Speech.
With eye-popping detail and a breezy, relatable style, David Pietrusza sweeps through the political dynamics and quirky personalities pressing on FDR's first re-election campaign in 1936.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Presentation and Book Signing
Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany
with Rebecca Brenner Graham
January 27, 2025
2pm ET
Henry A. Wallace Center
Free public event. Registration is required for in-person attendance. CLICK HEREto register.
This inspiring new narrative of the first woman to serve in a president’s cabinet reveals the full, never-before-told story of her role in saving Jewish refugees during the Nazi regime.
Free public event. Registration is not required for in-person attendance.
The National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden Ceremony to commemorate Franklin Roosevelt's Birthday. Following the ceremony, the FDR Presidential Library will invite attendees to return to the Wallace Center for birthday cake and refreshments.
Harvey Kaye, Emeritus Professor of Democracy at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, examines how the Four Freedoms came to define America’s purpose, promise, and responsibility to the world. A conversation with FDR Library Director William Harris.
(Originally broadcast January 4, 2023; 47:22 minutes)
Eleanor Roosevelt wore this wool afternoon dress with matching bolero jacket and hat when she met with U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson at the General Assembly, United Nations, New York, NY, March 7, 1961.
In his Annual Message to Congress (State of the Union Address) on January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt presented his reasons for American involvement in the war, making the case for continued aid to Great Britain and greater production of war industries at home. In helping Britain, President Roosevelt stated, the United States was fighting for the universal freedoms that all people possessed.
"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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