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US Post Office-Hyde Park |
Hyde Park, NY |
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Pine Mountain State Park |
Pine Mountain |
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Significant name |
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Eleanor Roosevelt School |
Warm Springs |
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1882/01/30 |
Franklin Roosevelt is born at Springwood. |
Born |
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Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site |
Hyde Park, NY |
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1903/11/26 |
At the family Thanksgiving dinner, Franklin Roosevelt announces his engagement to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. |
Groom |
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Delano Homestead |
Fairhaven |
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Marriage of Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt |
1905/03/17 |
Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin Roosevelt in New York |
Groom |
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Ludlow-Parish Houses |
New York City |
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Marriage of Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt |
1909/00/00 |
Roosevelt summer home 1909-1921 |
Home |
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Roosevelt Cottage |
Campobello Island |
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1913/03/12 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives the nomination to become Woodrow Wilson's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. |
Life |
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1913/03/17 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is confirmed as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Confirmed unanimously by the Senate, Roosevelt is the youngest Assistant Secretary of the Navy. |
Work |
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Eisenhower Executive Office Building |
Washington, DC |
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1914/07/29 |
Cape Cod Canal ceremoniously opens as a privately operated toll waterway. |
Dignitary |
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Cape Cod Canal |
Sandwich |
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1914/07/29 |
Cape Cod Canal ceremoniously opens as a privately operated toll waterway. |
Dignitary |
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Cape Cod Canal |
Bourne |
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1918/09/00 |
Aboard the USS Leviathan, close to one-sixth of the men onboard contract influenza, claiming almost 2,000 lives. After docking in America, a severely weakened FDR is carried off the ship on a stretcher and transported via ambulance to his mother's home. |
Sickened |
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Influenza Pandemic of 1918 |
1918/10/00 |
Franklin D Roosevelt recuperates from influenza at his mother's home in New York. |
Health |
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Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House |
New York City |
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Influenza Pandemic of 1918 |
1921/08/00 |
Early August, Franklin dives into the Bay of Fundy and he begins experiencing paralysis in his legs that, over the next two weeks, will move to his chest. |
Health |
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Roosevelt Cottage |
Campobello Island |
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1929/07/04 |
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt speaks during the dedication of The Tammany Society's "wigwam" on Union Square, NYC. |
Dignitary |
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Tammany Hall Building, NYC |
New York City |
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1931/05/01 |
The Empire State Building opens when President Hoover turns on the lights with the push of a button from Washington, DC. Jimmy Walker, NY Governor FDR and Al Smith at the ceremony in NYC, along with 350 other guests, enjoy a luncheon on the 86th floor. |
Dignitary |
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Empire State Building, NYC |
New York City |
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1931/12/07 |
Charles R Crane and James Farley stand behind FDR as he signs a document. |
Significant name |
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Warm Springs Historic District |
Warm Springs |
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1932/00/00 |
President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor attend Sunday morning service at St Marks Episcopal Church in Cheyenne. |
Faith |
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St Mark's Episcopal Church |
Cheyenne |
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1933/00/00 |
The Parker House keeps the exact ingredients to make Parker House Rolls a secret until Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt request that the recipe to be sent to them in Washington. |
Life |
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Parker House |
Boston |
Parker House Roll |
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1933/00/00 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt visits Camp Hoover, but does not stay because its rugged terrain proves too difficult to navigate. |
Visitor |
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Camp Hoover |
Shenandoah National Park |
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1933/00/00 |
Franklin D Roosevelt names his uncle, Frederic A Delano, Chairman of the National Resources Planning Commission, a position that Delano will hold for ten years. |
US President |
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1933/00/00 |
George Biddle makes a proposal to former classmate, FDR, that the Federal Government support mural painting as a means of embellishing public buildings and providing employment for artists. |
US President |
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1933/03/04 |
32nd President of the United States: 4 March 1933 - 12 April 1945 |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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1933/03/05 |
Franklin D Roosevelt attends service at St Thomas on the first Sunday of Lent. |
Faith |
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St Thomas Episcopal Church, Washington DC |
Washington, DC |
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1933/03/06 |
At 1:00 am, FDR orders the suspension of all banking transactions, effective immediately, no institution shall pay out or permit the withdrawal or transfer in any manner or by any device whatsoever, of any gold or silver coin or bullion or currency. |
US President |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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American Bank Holiday of 1933 |
1933/06/00 |
President Roosevelt offers the men of the Second Bonus March jobs in his newly created Forest Army, a forerunner of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). |
US President |
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Fort Hunt |
Mt Vernon, VA |
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1933/11/09 |
Using Executive Order No 6420B, President Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, a short term jobs relief program, under Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. Harry Hopkins is selected to lead the CWA. |
US President |
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1934/00/00 |
At the end of 1933 and the beginning of 1934, Franklin Roosevelt sits several times for sculptor Jo Davidson at the White House. |
Subject |
Franklin D Roosevelt (Bust NYC) |
White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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1934/00/00 |
George Rogers Clark Memorial dedicated |
Presider |
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Old Fort Harrod State Park |
Harrodsburg |
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1934/07/19 |
USS Macon's scout planes locate the USS Houston in the mid Pacific and deliver President Roosevelt bundles of the previous day's San Francisco newspapers. |
Visitor |
USS MACON (airship remains) |
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Fate of the USS Macon |
1934/07/19 |
USS Macon's scout planes locate the USS Houston in the mid Pacific and deliver President Roosevelt bundles of the previous day's San Francisco newspapers. |
Visitor |
USS MACON (airship remains) |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/24 |
Roosevelt spends the day fishing from the USS Houston, near Kailua-Kona |
Visitor |
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Kailua-Kona |
Hawaii |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/25 |
USS Houston arrives at Pier 2 (521 Ala Moana Blvd), Honolulu Harbor, FDR is welcomed by more than 60,000 people |
Visitor |
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Honolulu Harbor |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/25 |
FDR's retinue travel the Pali Hwy to tour the Ohu's North Shore. |
Visitor |
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Nu'uanu Pali State Wayside |
Honolulu |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/25 |
Commander in Chief Roosevelt reviews 15,000 troops at Schofield Barracks |
Visitor |
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Schofield Barracks |
Hawaii |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/25 |
Territorial Governor of Hawaii, Joseph Poindexter, host a diner for President Roosevelt at Washington Place. |
Visitor |
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Washington Place |
Honolulu |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/25 |
FDR stays at Royal Hawaiian Hotel July 25th - 27th. He attends a luau and Olympic swimmer, Duke Kahanamoku, teaches his sons to surf. |
Visitor |
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Royal Hawaiian Hotel |
Honolulu |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/26 |
Roosevelt visits Pearl Harbor |
Visitor |
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam |
Hawaii |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/26 |
Roosevelt visits Pearl Harbor |
Visitor |
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Pearl City Peninsula |
Pearl City |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/27 |
FDR spends an hour with Harvard classmate, Walter Dillingham, at La Pietra. |
Visitor |
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La Pietra |
Honolulu |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/07/28 |
FDR plants a kukui tree at the Iolani Palace and departs Hawaii just before noon. |
Visitor |
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Iolani Palace |
Honolulu |
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FDR Vacations in Hawaii |
1934/08/03 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt visits Bonneville Dam where over 3,000 workers are working in non-stop eight-hour shifts. |
US President |
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Bonneville Dam Historic District |
North Bonneville |
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1934/08/03 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt visits Bonneville Dam where over 3,000 workers are working in non-stop eight-hour shifts. |
US President |
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Bonneville Dam Historic District |
Bonneville |
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1934/08/03 |
President Franklin Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam work area. |
US President |
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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River |
Grand Coulee, WA |
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1934/08/05 |
I have been back on the soil of the continental United States for three days after most interesting visits to our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone and the Territory of Hawaii. - FDR radio address, Two Medicine Chalet |
US President |
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Two Medicine General Store |
Glacier National Park, MT |
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1935/03/27 |
In the East Room of the White house, President Roosevelt slips the Congressional Medal of Honor over the head of Adolphus Greely. "You richly merit this, General Greely", say FDR shaking the General's hand. |
US President |
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White House East Room |
The White House |
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1935/05/06 |
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) is created by executive order using 1.4 billion dollars in funding from the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. The agency is designed to employ unskilled men to carry out public works infrastructure projects. |
President |
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1935/05/11 |
As one of his New Deal programs, President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7037, establishing the Rural Electrification Administration. |
US President |
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1935/09/30 |
President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Hoover Dam |
Dignitary |
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Hoover Dam |
Lake Mead National Recreation Area |
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1935/09/30 |
President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Hoover Dam |
Dignitary |
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Hoover Dam |
Boulder City |
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1936/00/00 |
President Roosevelt and Borglum make statements at the dedication of the Jefferson portrait. Senator Norbeck, suffering from cancer of the tongue and jaw, stood by mutely. |
US President |
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial |
South Dakota |
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1936/00/00 |
US Coast Guard Cutter Electra is converted to serve as the presidential yacht and commissioned into the US Navy. |
US President |
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USS POTOMAC (yacht) |
Oakland |
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1936/04/16 |
President Roosevelt dedicates the Main Interior Building as "symbolical of the Nation's vast resources" and the "cornerstone of a conservation policy that will guarantee the richness of their heritage," while Ickes saw it as a "symbol of a new day." |
Dignitary |
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US Department of the Interior Building |
Washington, DC |
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1936/05/20 |
President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Rural Electrification Act which authorizes the federal government to provide loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems in rural areas of the country. |
US President |
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1936/06/15 |
Eleanor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt visit Henry Couch, state chairman of the 1936 Arkansas centennial celebration. |
Visitor |
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Couchwood Estate |
Malvern |
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1937/08/01 |
FDR makes a radio address: people of France and the people of the United States find union today in common devotion to the ... ideal of freedom under democracy, liberty obtained by government founded in democratic institutions. |
US President |
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Montfaucon American Monument |
Montfaucon-d'Argonne |
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1937/09/00 |
FDR visits Yellowstone. |
Visitor |
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Yellowstone National Park, MT, WY |
Wyoming |
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1937/09/00 |
FDR visits Yellowstone. |
Visitor |
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Yellowstone National Park, MT, WY |
Montana |
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1937/09/00 |
FDR gives a speech to 10,000 people assembled at the depot in Casper in September 1937. |
US President |
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Casper |
Wyoming |
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1937/09/00 |
FDR visits the Tetons. |
Visitor |
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Grand Teton National Park |
Wyoming |
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1937/09/30 |
Franklin Roosevelt spends the night in a cabin (razed) at Lake Cresent Lodge |
Visitor |
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Lake Crescent Lodge |
Olympic National Park |
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1937/10/01 |
Franklin Roosevelt spends the night at Lake Quinault Lodge |
Visitor |
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Lake Quinault Lodge |
Quinault |
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1937/10/02 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt visits to the Grand Coulee Dam construction site. |
US President |
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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River |
Grand Coulee, WA |
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1938/00/00 |
Construction begins on a residence designed by Franklin D Roosevelt to accommodate his wheelchair. |
Architect |
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Top Cottage |
Hyde Park, NY |
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1938/07/16 |
On a re-election campaign swing through the west, Franklin D Roosevelt is greeted by a crowds waving from the sidewalks along Coast Highway as he passes through Laguna Beach en route to San Diego. |
Visitor |
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Laguna Beach, CA |
California |
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1938/08/18 |
American President Franklin Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King officially open the bridges to an estimated crowd of over 25,000 people at the border, while thousands more line the motorcade enroute as it proceeded to the ceremonial site. |
Dignitary |
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Thousand Islands Bridge, US-CN |
Lansdowne, CA-ON |
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1938/08/18 |
American President Franklin Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King officially open the bridges to an estimated crowd of over 25,000 people at the border, while thousands more line the motorcade enroute as it proceeded to the ceremonial site. |
Dignitary |
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Thousand Islands Bridge, US-CN |
Alexandria, NY |
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1938/12/05 |
Franklin Roosevelt lands at Owens Field, he is met by Governor Olin D Johnston and Columbia Mayor Lawrence B Owens |
Visitor |
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Curtiss-Wright Hangar |
Columbia, SC |
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1939/04/30 |
Opening Day Ceremony |
Speaker |
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1939 New York World's Fair Grounds |
New York City |
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1939 New York World's Fair |
1939/06/08 |
Guests assemble in the White House's East Room before moving to the State Dining Room for dinner, served on a gold table service in use since the Madison administration. |
Host |
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White House East Room |
The White House |
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada |
1939/06/08 |
Guests assemble in the White House's East Room before moving to the State Dining Room for dinner, served on a gold table service in use since the Madison administration. |
Host |
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White House East Room |
The White House |
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King George and Queen Elizabeth Whitehouse Banquet |
1939/06/09 |
President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt take George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the USS Potomac from Washington, DC, to George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. |
Host |
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USS POTOMAC (yacht) |
Oakland |
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada |
1939/06/11 |
King George and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King ride with Franklin D Roosevelt in the president's car as they are driven away from St James Church. |
Host |
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St James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park |
Hyde Park, NY |
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada |
1939/06/11 |
Frank Roosevelt cooks hot dogs for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. They also serve Virginia ham, cold turkey, sausages (hot), cranberry jelly, green salad, rolls and strawberry shortcake. |
Host |
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Top Cottage |
Hyde Park, NY |
Hotdog |
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada |
1939/10/14 |
Franklin Roosevelt and Senator Harry S Truman visit the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial site during the dedication of the St Louis Soldiers Memorial. |
Dignitary |
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Gateway Arch National Park |
City of St Louis |
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1939/12/15 |
Cornerstone of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is laid by Franklin Roosevelt. |
Dignitary |
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial |
Washington, DC |
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1940/08/02 |
Churchill finalizes the "Destroyers for Bases" agreement with President Roosevelt in which Britain obtains fifty American destroyers in exchange for leases on bases in the West Indies, Bermuda and Newfoundland. |
US President |
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1941/03/17 |
Designed by John R Pope, the new building (West Building) is completed and accepted by President Franklin D Roosevelt on behalf of the American people during an evening of ceremonies attended by 8,822 people. |
US President |
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Washington, DC |
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1941/08/07 |
The heavy cruiser USS AUGUSTA carrying President Franklin D Roosevelt anchors at Little Placentia Bay off US Naval Station Argentia. Roosevelt inspects the base construction progress and does some fishing. |
US President |
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Placentia |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
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1942/02/19 |
Franklin D Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing military commanders to relocate "any or all persons" at their discretion. |
President |
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White House Oval Office |
The White House |
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Aleut Evacuation and Internment |
1942/02/19 |
Franklin D Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing military commanders to relocate "any or all persons" at their discretion. |
President |
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White House Oval Office |
The White House |
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Internment of Americans with Foreign Enemy Ancestry |
1942/03/09 |
Roosevelt signs Law 503 (passed after 60 minutes of debate in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House) which makes violations of military orders a misdemeanor punishable by up to $5,000 in fines and one year in prison. |
President |
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Internment of Americans with Foreign Enemy Ancestry |
1942/03/21 |
On the president's desk by March 20, FDR signs Public Law 503 to enforce EO 9066. Ellis Island will serve as an internment camp throughout WW II - detaining thousands, mostly Germans along with Italians and Japanese. |
President |
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Ellis Island Immigration Depot |
Statue of Liberty National Monument |
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Internment of Americans with Foreign Enemy Ancestry |
1942/06/19 |
Before the 2nd Washington Conference, FDR and Churchill meet at Hyde Park, June 19-20. Roosevelt would later say "Great fellow, that Churchill, if you can keep up with him". |
US President |
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Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site |
Hyde Park, NY |
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1942/06/27 |
Crown Princess Martha of Norway, King George II of Greece and others socialize on the porch of Top Cottage with FDR. |
Host |
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Top Cottage |
Hyde Park, NY |
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1942/11/00 |
President Roosevelt intervenes with the IRS, telling them not to investigate Herman Brown or 'Brown and Root' for tax evasion and to settle the case. |
President |
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Brown and Root and Johnson |
1942/12/25 |
President Roosevelt attends Christmas service at the Church of the Epiphany in Washington, DC. |
Faith |
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Church of the Epiphany |
Washington, DC |
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1943/01/14 |
January 14-24. At the Casablanca Conference, Churchill and President Roosevelt decide on a policy of "unconditional surrender" for the enemy. |
US President |
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1943/05/11 |
May 11-25. At the second Washington Conference, Churchill and Roosevelt agree to delay the invasion of France in May 1944. |
US President |
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1943/11/00 |
November-December. At the Cairo Conference Churchill and Roosevelt are joined by Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek in discussions of allied strategy. |
US President |
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1943/11/28 |
November 28-December 1. At the Tehran Conference Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet together for the first time. |
US President |
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1943/12/17 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt signs the Magnuson Act, repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act. |
US President |
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Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) |
1944/00/00 |
In Spring 1944, President Roosevelt takes a month-long working vacation at Hobcaw House. |
Guest |
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Hobcaw Barony |
Georgetown, SC |
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1944/07/26 |
Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur meet with President Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor aboard the cruiser USS Baltimore. |
Commander-in-Chief |
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World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
Pearl Harbor |
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Honolulu Conference |
1944/07/27 |
Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz and Chief of Staff Admiral Leahy meet with Roosevelt at the Waikiki home of Fleischmann's Yeast heir Christian Holmes. From 1946 to 1969 the home was the Queen's Surf Restaurant and Barefoot bar, razed 1971. |
Commander-in-Chief |
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Honolulu Conference |
1944/07/28 |
Roosevelt approves Douglas MacArthur's plan to liberate the Philippines and for Admiral Nimitz to attack the Japanese home islands via the Central Pacific. |
Commander-in-Chief |
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Honolulu Conference |
1944/09/12 |
September 12-16. At the Second Quebec Conference, Churchill and Roosevelt meet to discuss Allied strategy and plan for the post-war occupation of Germany. |
US President |
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1945/02/02 |
UK Prime Minister Churchill meets with US President Roosevelt and the Combined Chiefs of Staff aboard the USS Quincy at the Grand Harbour, Malta. |
US President |
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Valletta |
Malta |
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1945/02/04 |
February 4-11. Churchill attends Yalta Conference with President Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. |
US President |
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1945/02/15 |
Churchill meets with Roosevelt aboard an American cruiser in the harbour at Alexandria, Egypt. |
US President |
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