Franklin Delano Roosevelt | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/franklin-delano-roosevelt/RSS feed for Franklin Delano RooseveltenWed, 18 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000Get Your Red-Hot History Lesson! 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He purchased it with his mother in 1978 to provide financial security for the family farmWed, 30 Oct 2024 21:01:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-sisters-in-ohio-just-sold-a-rare-1975-dime-with-a-missing-s-mint-mark-for-500000-180985365/What the American Revolution Taught the United States' First Presidentshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-american-revolution-taught-united-states-first-presidents-180984842/A new book by historian William E. Leuchtenburg examines how the first six commanders in chief embodied the revolutionary spirit and set precedents that shaped their successors' tenuresThu, 15 Aug 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-american-revolution-taught-united-states-first-presidents-180984842/How the Great Depression Fueled a Grassroots Movement to Create a New State Called Absarokahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-great-depression-fueled-grassroots-movement-to-create-a-new-state-called-absaroka-180984873/In the 1930s, disillusioned farmers and ranchers fought to carve a 49th state out of northern Wyoming, southeastern Montana and western South DakotaWed, 14 Aug 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-great-depression-fueled-grassroots-movement-to-create-a-new-state-called-absaroka-180984873/The Top-Secret World War II Mission That Killed Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the Heir Apparent to the Political Dynastyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-secret-world-war-ii-mission-that-killed-joseph-pkennedy-heir-apparent-political-dynasty-180984857/In August 1944, the older brother of Robert and John F. Kennedy died while piloting a drone aircraft over England, leaving his younger siblings to fulfill their father's dreamsMon, 12 Aug 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-secret-world-war-ii-mission-that-killed-joseph-pkennedy-heir-apparent-political-dynasty-180984857/The History of Presidential Assassination Attempts, From Andrew Jackson to Teddy Roosevelthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-presidential-assassination-attempts-andrew-jackson-teddy-roosevelt-180984708/Before last weekend's attack on Donald Trump, would-be assassins unsuccessfully targeted Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and seven other sitting presidents or candidates for officeWed, 17 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-presidential-assassination-attempts-andrew-jackson-teddy-roosevelt-180984708/