In this issue: Curator Talks: FDR's Stamp Collection; The First Ladies: A Conversation and Book Signing; The Vow From Hiroshima Film Screening; Hobos & Hoovervilles; Let's Go, Everybody - Keep'em Firing! and #TheArtOfWar; FDR's Report Card from Groton School.
Franklin Roosevelt was a lifelong stamp collector who amassed a personal collection of over one million stamps. Join Supervisory Museum Curator Herman Eberhardt as he explores FDR’s deep interest in stamps and examines stamps and stamp-related objects from the Museum collection. Learn how this hobby helped FDR during his presidency.
FDR began collecting stamps when he was about 8 years old. He learned a great deal of history by studying the countries and dignitaries (the famous people) featured on the stamps in his collection.
Conversation and Book Signing
The First Ladies
with Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
The FDR Presidential Library presents a conversation and book signing with Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, coauthors of The First Ladies – a dramatic and revelatory novel about the partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune – an unlikely friendship that changed the world
Free public event. Registration is required. CLICK HEREto register.
Marie Benedict is a lawyer, who found her calling unearthing the hidden historical stories of women.
Victoria Christopher Murray is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 novels.
Documentary Film Screening
The Vow From Hiroshima
Sunday, August 11 2pm ET
Henry A. Wallace Center
The Roosevelt Library and The Gillespie Forum present the award-winning documentary film, The Vow From Hiroshima by Susan Strickler and Mitchie Takeuchi–an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. A question-and-answer session with filmmakers Susan Strickler and Mitchie Takeuchi will follow the screening.
Free public event. Registration is required. CLICK HEREto register.
The romantic image we have of Hobos 'riding the rails' stands in stark contrast to the real life dangers faced by transient workers in the 1930s. This presentation examines the origins, culture and impact of the Hobo mystique.
(Originally broadcast June 17, 2020; 46:29 minutes)
"SPEED! Will Save Our Freedom!" This Oldsmobile poster promoted FDR’s call for speed in war production, from his Annual Message to Congress on January 6, 1942.
Franklin Roosevelt was tutored at his home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, NY, until he was 14 years old. He then continued his studies at the Groton boarding school in Massachusetts. He enjoyed learning about many subjects, especially history.
FDR Library members gathered recently for an exclusive after-hours reception and tour of the Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts, 1932-1962 exhibit. If you'd like to receive an invitation for the next event with our supervisory curator and director, sign up for or renew your membership today!
"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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