The Trouble With Greece – December 5, 1944
Click on th e link here for Audio Player: News for Dec. 5, 1944 With all the upbeat reports coming in on this December 5th in 1944, the worrisome part had to do with the goings on in Athens. Otherwise,…
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on th e link here for Audio Player: News for Dec. 5, 1944 With all the upbeat reports coming in on this December 5th in 1944, the worrisome part had to do with the goings on in Athens. Otherwise,…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a radio address on the current situation on Capitol Hill over taxes and the Budget. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete, original address from this day in…
Click on the link here for Audio player: FDR – Fireside Chat – Oct. 12, 1937 On the occasion of his return from a cross-country tour, President Roosevelt gave one of his familiar Fireside Chat’s ahead of a special session…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: American Forum – 1956 Election – Jan. 29, 1956 As the 1956 Presidential election season got underway, the slogan used by the incumbent Republicans most argued was “Peace and Prosperity”. In this…
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR – 1932 Convention address As we get ready to close the 2012 Democratic convention tonight, I thought I would run another closing speech, this one from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, accepting…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: FDR – Accepting VP – 1920 Before the Great Depression, before the New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt had been nominated for vice-President in 1920, sharing the ticket with Governor James Cox. Here…
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Signs Social Security Act – Aug. 14, 1935 Today marks the seventy-seventh birthday of The Social Security Act. FDR: “The civilization of the past hundred years, with its startling industrial changes,…
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Democratic Convention – 1940 After much consideration and speculation, President Roosevelt decided to run for a third term in 1940. Addressing the convention via radio from the White House, Roosevelt outlined…
Click on the audio player here: News for July 31, 1940 As the Nation’s Capitol sweltered for its thirteenth consecutive day, this July 31st in 1940, the news was appropriately sparse and the events were comparatively few. Starting with news…
Billed as a Fireside Chat, even though it was one of the hottest Summer days in Washington, President Roosevelt gave one of his frequent talks on the state of the Nation and the State of the Government. Assessing the accomplishments…