Born into a prominent family—Theodore Roosevelt was a distant cousin—Franklin Roosevelt was, like T.R., the assistant secretary of the Navy and New York governor before winning the 1932 presidential ...

Part one: The education of a Hudson River conservationist, 1882-1932. "All that is in me goes back to the Hudson" ; "I just wish I could be at home to help mark the trees" ; "He knew every tree, every ...

Long lines for food, for relief; fear and despair. Though black-and-white, the pictures from the Great Depression echo America in the COVID era: national suffering and frustration. The virus is new; ...

2011-03-05T14:39:31-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/690/20110305145649003_hd.jpgPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address after being ...

American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1862 - 1945) waves from a lectern just after he took his 4th Oath of Office, Washington DC, January 20, 1945. Among those pictured with him are ...

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 ...

On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away. This video captures Mrs. Roosevelt and President Truman delivering heartfelt speeches to mourners at his graveside.