In this issue:Bonhoeffer Agent of Grace Film Screening and Presentation with Dr. Werner Steger; Harry S. Truman's Eighty Three Days to the Big Time; "Taste of Home" Poetry Event; Memorial Day Weekend WWII Military Displays; FDR and Ike – Great Leaders, Great Legacies; Keeping Quiet and #TheArtOfWar; President Roosevelt and the German Invasion of the Low Countries.
This feature explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who opposed the Nazis and challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their time of greatest need. It will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Werner Steger.
Free public event. Registration is required. CLICK HEREto register.
Live with Jeff Urbin
Harry S. Truman:
Eighty Three Days to the Big Time
Wednesday, May 8
2pm ET
Livestream on the official FDR Library Youtube and Facebook pages
On the morning of April 12,1945, Vice President Harry S. Truman had been virtually unknown. By bedtime, just 83 days after taking office, he became Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces. This session examines FDR's most significant Veep.
Vice President Harry S. Truman being sworn in as President, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Credit: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Poetry Event
"Taste of Home" South Asian Poets
Wednesday, May 8 6pm ET
Henry A. Wallace Center
South Asian poets Pramila Venkateswaran and Zilka Joseph will give a live reading in the lobby of the Wallace Center as part of the "Stream of Life" series produced by Stephanie JT Russell, Dutchess County Poet Laureate. Hosted by the FDR Library and the Home of FDR National Historic Site.
Free public event. Registration is not required.
Memorial Day Weekend Event
World War II Military Displays
Saturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26 10am-4pm ET
FDR Library Great Lawn
In honor of Memorial Day Weekend, the Great Lawn in front of the FDR Library will take on the appearance of a World War II encampment with WWII military displays, soldiers in battle dress and period military vehicles of all sizes.
Be sure to visit the Hyde Park Education Foundation's Fifth Annual Field of Honor® next door at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site throughout the weekend.
Former FDR Library Director, Paul Sparrow, and Former Eisenhower Library Director, Dawn Hammett, discuss the relationship between these two leaders at a crucial moment in world history.
(Originally broadcast June 10, 2020; 11:38 minutes)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, with General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Patton, tours the U.S. troop carrier airport in Castelvetrano, Sicily after the Cairo & Teheran Conferences.
FDR advised the nation during a November 17, 1942 speech, “Loose talk delays victory. Loose talk is the damp that gets into powder. We prefer to keep our powder dry.” This Great Dane keeps it simple, "Watch Yourself Pal!"
Nazi forces attacked the Low Countries – The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg – on May 10th, 1940. The invasions had not come as a complete surprise, for Germany had been at war with Great Britain and France since the previous September and had invaded Denmark and Norway in April.
"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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