Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) is a musical-comedy based on the real-life 1942 USO tour of actresses Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair. The film includes musical performances and cameos from stars Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
This event is free to attend but registration is required.
Memorial Day Weekend
May 23-24, 2026
World War II Military Displays FDR Library Great Lawn
Time: 10am-4pm ET
On Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, 2026, in honor of Memorial Day Weekend, the Great Lawn in front of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will take on the appearance of a World War II encampment with WWII Military Displays. Period military vehicles of all sizes and soldiers in battle dress will be on hand to share their love of World War II history.
The FDR Presidential Library and the Home of FDR National Historic Site will host a special presentation, "Equestrian History of the Roosevelts and Delanos" with Dr. Shelby Landmark
This event is free to attend but registration is required.
New History Shorts
David Woolner and FDR's Last 100 Days
Now Available
David Woolner, author of The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and Peace, describes complications in Allied negotiations when the "Big 3" met for the last time at Yalta in 1945. Dr. David B. Woolner is Senior Fellow and Hyde Park Resident Historian for the The Roosevelt Institute, Professor of History & Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation and Fellow in Roosevelt Studies at Marist University, and Senior Fellow Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College.
FDR believed that democracy was not a static thing, but a persistent march towards the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and a government of we the people.
This Ben Shahn poster promoted the mission of the New Deal’s Resettlement Administration (RA) created in May 1935. The RA provided emergency loans and grants for impoverished farmers, engaged in soil conservation projects, educated farmers in best practices for land-use, and resettled farm families affected by soil erosion and depletion.
