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 ...

The wartime leader had a special relationship with then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, which extended to the ...

On November 15, 1939, P The cornerstone contains a time capsule. Its items include the declaration of independence, the U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The nation was traumatized and searching for comfort in 1940. Slowly emerging from the Great Depression, still scarred by the cataclysmal losses of World War I and twitching at the sight of war ...

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 ...

Descendants and others reflect on the legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal which pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression, as the... 80 years after President Franklin Roosevelt's death ...