FDR’s schooner, the Amberjack II, would often accompany him to Marion. When sailing, Coast Guard and Secret Service boats would accompany him. He was known to “evade” these vessels for fun and sport.

We could sail on 26 miles of ice from Hyde Park to Germantown,” in Columbia County. When the ice is good, the experience is ...

Black Americans were enlisted into the Marines at the direction of a 1942 executive order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with the aim being to have extra service members during the war ...