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 ...

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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 ...

Franklin Roosevelt's funeral procession headed down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., 1945. Nearly 300,000 people came to pay their respects. (Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1861, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The evacuation of Fort Sumter is the only thing thought of or talked about this morning. In offices, stores, saloons, places of business of any ...

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American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1862 - 1945) waves from a lectern just after he took his 4th Oath of Office, Washington DC, January 20, 1945. Among those pictured with him are ...

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2015-04-12T16:00:18-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2d9/20150412160416003_hd.jpgThis program included official U.S. government newsreel coverage of the funeral ...