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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 ...
"I think we still need that today." A finished portrait of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt by artist Elizabeth Shoumatoff. Roosevelt's New Deal included rural electrification, agriculture ...
GRAND FORKS — Less than four years before he was awarded the Democratic presidential nomination instead of Al Smith, Franklin ... "Roosevelt eventually succeeded Smith as governor of New York ...
An official 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt fourth-term inaugural medal in gold from the estate of former U.S. Mint director ...
Having escaped prison and death, President Trump has returned to power seeking vindication and vengeance — and done more in ...
This fall, acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei will plant a major outdoor installation at New York’s Franklin D.
Art X Freedom opens with Camouflage, a major site-specific installation by Ai Weiwei at Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt ...
While today's Roosevelt Island provides some tranquility amid the bustling city, it has a dark history. Blackwell's Island, as it was known in the 1800s and early 1900s, was used to incarcerate ...
1st June 1928: American statesman Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) smiling when he heard that he was leading the contest for Governor of New York State. He later became the 32nd President ...
Less than four years before he was awarded the Democratic presidential nomination instead of Al Smith, Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a letter to a fellow political insider in Grand Forks expressing his ...