In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

At 1:00 in the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sitting in a chair near the fireplace of his cottage, which was perched atop Pine Mountain in Warm Springs, Georgia. Over the ...

The Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, longest in United States history, spanned a 13-year period from the dark days of the 1932 depression to the first dawn glimmerings of peace in the European ...

When a special funeral train was outfitted last year to carry former President George H.W. Bush from Houston to College Station, Texas, it was an echo of the funeral train that carried Franklin D.

The underlying motif was the personality, in terms of physical health and psychological complexity, of that skilled and idealistic politician, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). FDR was elected ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, a place he ...

America was on pause, somewhat like we’re going through these days, 75 years ago on April 12. Today it’s a pandemic. In 1945, it was the passing of a president that most kids had known all their young ...

One day in 1882, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt wrote in her diary: “At 11 we took darling Baby to the chapel in his prettiest clothes and best behavior. Dr. Cady christened him ‘Franklin Delano.’ . . .