Sunday, January 30, 2005
FDR
Happy 123rd birthday to Franklin Delano Roosevelt! For some information, articles, books, relevant links, etc., go to the FDR page on americanpresident.org. For much much more, visit the FDR Library website. And put a visit to the physical Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York (Dutchess County, not Long Island) with its wonderful museum, house and library on your "great places to go" list. By the way, from a social history perspective, it's amusing to note that this honored and respected president and first lady had five children who had nineteen marriages (Anna 3, James 4, Elliot 5, FDR Jr 5, John 2). I guess that's just another tiny piece of data for someone's thesis on character, parenting and public officers -- possibly completely irrelevant, possibly a clue to something that someone terribly clever has yet to identify. Anyway, FDR and Eleanor were fascinating, complex, multi-layered people. And the FDR Library is celebrating today's birthday with a luncheon and birthday cake for all visitors!
Labels: anniversaries, history
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