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Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Dutchess County, New York. Initially working at a law firm, he later became a member of the New York state senate. He served as the assistant secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson and was elected the 44th governor of New York.
1. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who ...
March 17 - President Roosevelt holds a press conference in which he speaks against a congressional movement to abolish the 40 hour work week. [105] Roosevelt also states his intent to ask Congress the following day for an increase of seventeen and a half billion toward army warplanes.
The first 100 days of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency began on March 4, 1933, the day Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.He had signaled his intention to move with unprecedented speed to address the problems facing the nation in his inaugural address, declaring: "I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at Soldier Field. In June 50,000 spectators attended a national Sokol slet held at Soldier Field. [249] June 16 Orson Welles hosted a radio show at Soldier Field to benefit the Fifth War Loan Drive. [250] In September 1944 the Ringling Brothers Circus performed a 14-day engagement.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., addresses marchers during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.