Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Third-Term Controversy That Gave the Republican Party Its Symbol
The elephant and the donkey as symbols for America's biggest political parties date back to the 1800s and this controversy
Ten Famous People Who Survived the 1918 Flu
The notables who recovered from the pandemic included a pioneer of American animation, world-famous artists and two U.S. presidents
How Eleanor Roosevelt and Henrietta Nesbitt Transformed the White House Kitchen
The kitchen was new, but by all accounts it didn't help the cooking
Eleanor Roosevelt's Surprising Connection to a Dire Town
When first lady Eleanor Roosevelt first visited the mining town of Scotts Run, she was stunned by the poverty she encountered
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt Served Hot Dogs to a King
A king had never visited a president at home before, but by all accounts they got along fine
FDR Had a Famous Ghostwriter: Orson Welles
The legendary actor stumped and even wrote speeches for the 32nd president
Take a Rare Look Inside FDR’s WWII Information Center: The Map Room
Long before Google Earth, this was how the president saw the world
In the Darkest Days of World War II, Winston Churchill’s Visit to the White House Brought Hope to Washington
Never has overstaying one’s welcome been so important
The Suspect, the Prosecutor, and the Unlikely Bond They Forged
New evidence shows that Homer Cummings, who would later be FDR's attorney general, rescued an innocent man accused of murder
The New Deal Origins of Homeland Security
During FDR’s administration, the First Lady and the Mayor of New York clashed over guns, butter and American liberalism
What the Candidates (and Journalists) Can Learn From the 1948 Democratic Convention
The first time television was beamed into millions of homes meant that presidential politics would have to change
Where to Go to Visit the Oldest Breweries in America
To commemorate National Beer Day, throw back a cold one for history
Ken Burns' New Series, Based on Newly Discovered Letters, Reveals a New Side of FDR
In "The Roosevelts", Burns examines the towering but flawed figures who really understood how character defined leadership
The Failed Attempt to Design a Memorial for Franklin Roosevelt
The debacle of the Eisenhower memorial is only the most recent entry in a grand D.C. tradition of fraught monuments
Four Years After Marian Anderson Sang at the Lincoln Memorial, D.A.R. Finally Invited Her to Perform at Constitution Hall
A benefit concert presaged the opera singer’s eventual rapprochement with the Daughters of the American Revolution
Jukebox: Hail to the Chief
Franklin Roosevelt's fourth inaugural, which was less than 600 words long, focused on the perils of isolationism
When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed With the Supreme Court—and Lost
Buoyed by his reelection but dismayed by rulings of the justices who stopped his New Deal programs, a president overreaches
Digging Deep
For some stories, the roots go way back, even to childhood
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