What role should the arts play in a democracy? At the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal turned crisis into opportunity and launched the careers of artists including Philip Guston, Dorothea Lange, Jacob Lawrence, Alice Neel, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.
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As British forces sneak a cache of weapons into the Nazi-occupied Norwegian village of Trollness, town doctor Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), his beautiful young daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), and her fisherman fiancé, Gunnar (Errol Flynn), lead the resistance. But when Karen's Nazi-collaborator brother, Johann (John Beal), reappears in town, she must decide whether to betray her family for her village.
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Special Presentation
January 22, 2026
Olin Dows and Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park
With Hyde Park Historian Carney Rhinevault joined by Roger Kolp Henry A. Wallace Center Time: 6pm ET
Olin Dows was a lifelong friend and neighbor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and an artist involved in New Deal art projects like the Hyde Park Post Office murals. He was also the author of the 1949 book Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park, a personal account illustrated with his own drawings, showcasing their close relationship and Dows' artistic contributions during the Roosevelt era.
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New History Short
Got a Minute: FDR and Polio
Now Available
Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio when he was 39 years old and lost his ability to walk. He went on to found a convalescent hospital in Warm Springs, GA, create the March of Dimes, and if that weren't enough, take on the Great Depression and World War II as President of the United States.
From 1942-1944, American illustrator and cartoonist Alan Foster created a series of cartoons, titled "Mr. Fala of the White House," for Collier's magazine. This cartoon appeared on page 24 of the February 13, 1943 issue of Collier’s.
