In this issue: New Short Film: The Stuff of War; The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City with Kevin Baker; FDR and the Politics of Celebrity; Have you heard "This is War!" and #TheArtOfWar; The Atlantic Charter.
Calling all World War II history buffs – the annual Bivouac on the lawn of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum will fill your afternoon with stories of hard-fought battles won and lost and give you an up close view of real materiel. This event has taken place every Memorial Day since 1992.
Author Talk and Book Signing
The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City
with Kevin Baker
Tuesday, September 24
6pm ET
Henry A. Wallace Center
Free public event. Registration is required. CLICK HEREto register.
The FDR Presidential Library presents an author talk of The New York Game: Baseball and The Rise of a New City – A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II.
Kevin Baker (born 1958) is an American novelist, historian, and journalist. He was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in New Jersey and Rockport, Massachusetts.
FDR loved movies and movie stars. He enjoyed their celebrity, too, and as a shrewd politician, he knew their support and their fame could prove beneficial to his Administration. Acting Director William A. Harris highlights evidence of these relationships through a selection of key documents from the Library’s collection.
(Originally broadcast August 17, 2022; 10:53 minutes)
Have you heard "This is War!" This poster promoted the government sponsored series that aired across the radio networks and was directed by Norman Corwin.
In August, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in secret off the coast of Newfoundland to agree to the Atlantic Charter. It their first wartime conference.
FDR aboard HMS Prince of Wales with Winston Churchill, Harry Hopkins, W. Averell Harriman, Ernest King, George Marshall, General Dill, Admiral Starck & Admiral Pound at Atlantic Charter Conference, August 10, 1941. FDR Library photo.
"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.
___________________
Follow us on social media
FDR Presidential Library | 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
