WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — Under a clear blue sky and a crisp spring breeze, an honor guard plants the U.S. flag in front of the Little White House, now a national historic landmark and state park. People ...
"Franksgiving" demonstrated that tinkering with tradition carries real consequences, as some American customs are too deeply ...
On the same day that Republican Presidential Nominee Alf Landon’s special train rolled into Buffalo, N. Y. on his strictly political invasion of the East, another special train rolled out of ...
According to the New York Times, Franklin Delano Roosevelt last week decided to renew his efforts to get Congress to pass his Reorganization Bill this session—on the theory that the results of the ...
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 ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer talked about the emergence of the concept of a 'first 100 days' of a presidential term during ...
But the football tradition came to a screeching halt in 1939 due to an unusual intervention from the White House. In a bid to ...
For two years, confused states celebrated on two separate days. — -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confused plenty of people in 1939 when he issued a presidential proclamation moving ...
Alongside the surprisingly cordial meeting between the two leaders, they took a photo in front of a portrait of Roosevelt.