Day of Infamy This photo shows Roosevelt delivering his “Day of Infamy” speech to  Congress.  To the right, in uniform, is Roosevelt’s son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.  Seated in the back are V.P. Henry Wallace and Speaker Sam Rayburn.  December 8, 1941. The National Archives holds typed copies of the final drafts of this seminal speech, with a few of FDR’s handwritten corrections.  However, archivists at the FDR Library believe the original reading copy, like reading copies of other FDR speeches, was in a completely different form, very distinctive in size and format and different from the legislative copies in House and Senate files.  Apparently, neither FDR nor his son, James, who accompanied him, brought it back to the White House and its whereabouts, 70 years later, remains a mystery. -from Prologue: Pieces of History
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Day of Infamy

This photo shows Roosevelt delivering his “Day of Infamy” speech to  Congress.  To the right, in uniform, is Roosevelt’s son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.  Seated in the back are V.P. Henry Wallace and Speaker Sam Rayburn.  December 8, 1941.

The National Archives holds typed copies of the final drafts of this seminal speech, with a few of FDR’s handwritten corrections.  However, archivists at the FDR Library believe the original reading copy, like reading copies of other FDR speeches, was in a completely different form, very distinctive in size and format and different from the legislative copies in House and Senate files. 

Apparently, neither FDR nor his son, James, who accompanied him, brought it back to the White House and its whereabouts, 70 years later, remains a mystery.

-from Prologue: Pieces of History

Source: fdrlibrary.marist.edu

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  • Day of Infamy SpeechPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941— a date which will live in infamy— the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

-President Franklin D. Roosevelt

You know the words, now listen to President Roosevelt’s voice - FDR’s Day of Infamy speech delivered to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.

Source: fdrlibrary.marist.edu

Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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There were a ton of great blog entries yesterday from the National Archives commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks. If you haven’t seen them all, check out this great link round-up created by one of our Prologue bloggers.

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