In this issue: The Inside Dirt on the Home Garden; The Court at War: FDR, his Justices, and the World they made with Cliff Sloan; the Election Amid the Storm; FDR's Phi Beta Kappa Key #FDRtheCollector; Use it up, Wear it out, Make it Do, or Do Without Summer Activity; the Most Important Presidential Election in History.
FDR loved to lie in the strawberry patch of the Roosevelt Garden in his childhood, when the garden would feed their family and others throughout the year, and the restored kitchen garden continues to feed the community today. FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffery Urbin talks with National Park Service Horticulturalist Susan MacAvery about reestablishing the garden, who maintains it these days, and where all that produce goes.
Conversation: The Court at War: FDR, his Justices, and the World they made with Cliff Sloan
The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country, with consequences that endure today, a conversation with author Cliff Sloan and FDR Library director William Harris.
This is a free public event, but registration is required.
A new special exhibition developed in collaboration with a distinguished committee of scholars that centers on the historical voices of many Black community leaders, wartime service members, and ordinary citizens who engaged the Roosevelt administration directly and who pushed for progress. Within this context, the exhibit examines the political evolution of both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt regarding racial justice.
Susan Dunn talked about her book, 1940: FDR, Wilkie, Lindbergh, Hitler - the Election Amid the Storm. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center in Hyde Park, New York.
FDR was proud of his Phi Beta Kappa key which he received in June 1929 when he went to Harvard University for Commencement Week. The visit marked the 25th anniversary of his own graduation. FDR often wore the key suspended from his lapel or watch chain.
During the Great Depression money was hard to come by and people became creative in the way they used, and reused, what they had. Today we call that “repurposing” or “upcycling.” What do you have at home that you no longer need or use, but could be repurposed or upcycled?
The 1940 election of Franklin Roosevelt was the only time in American history that a president defied the two-term limit established by George Washington is enough to give it great importance.
"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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