But the football tradition came to a screeching halt in 1939 due to an unusual intervention from the White House. In a bid to ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, a place he ...

For two years, confused states celebrated on two separate days. — -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confused plenty of people in 1939 when he issued a presidential proclamation moving ...

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first "fireside chat" on this day in history, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. This was the ...

Amid the political and social upheaval of the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew directly and self-consciously on the declaration. In his 1963 “ I Have a Dream” speech, King defined an ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Under the glare of an 8-inch-by-10-inch official photo of President Donald Trump in the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site visitors center, employees take a ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially established the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving in 1941. Thanksgiving in the United States this year is Thursday, Nov. 27. The next day is known ...

During his meeting with Zohran Mamdani at the White House this month, President Trump claimed that he unearthed a "missing" portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Trump stated, "It was missing for years." ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Correspondence between Edward "Ned" ...