Archive – FDR

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  CHRISTMAS, 1941

  This is the legacy of Christmas 1941—and a reminder of work we have yet to complete.

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  Pearl Harbor and the End of Isolationism

  Seventy-five years ago this morning

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  FDR’s Last Personal Diplomacy: Ibn Saud and the Quest for a Jewish Homeland

  The alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United States goes back seven decades, to when King Abdulaziz, the founder of the modern Saudi state, met President Franklin Delano Roosevelt aboard…

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  FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy

  Roosevelt extended his hand in friendship to our southern neighbors in Mexico and South America

• 70 Years Ago Today

  At 1 PM on April 12, 70 years ago this afternoon, a tired and worn FDR sat in the living room of his Warm Springs, Georgia cottage, surrounded by friends…

• There and Back Again: How FDR Shaped Thanksgiving

  I’ve always been particularly fond of the film “Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby. You know the one, I’m sure: it introduced Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” to the world. The gist…