timelightbox: Warm Springs, Ga. April 1939. Cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits at the wheel of his car, fielding questions at an outdoor news conference. (AP) An exhibit of Associated Press images of American Presidents opens today at Federal Hall in Manhattan. It will be on view through 2012. More information is available here.
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Warm Springs, Ga. April 1939. Cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits at the wheel of his car, fielding questions at an outdoor news conference. (AP)

An exhibit of Associated Press images of American Presidents opens today at Federal Hall in Manhattan. It will be on view through 2012. More information is available here.

Source: ap.org

riversidearchives: “Relocating A People” This brochure, c. 1942, provided general statistics about Japanese Americans from the 1940 census.  The brochure encouraged US citizens to employ Japanese Americans as they were relocated during World War II. The quote on the cover from Pres. Roosevelt says, “I am glad to observe that the War Department, the Navy Department, the War Manpower Commission, the Department of Justice, and the War Relocation Authority are collaborating in a program which will assure the opportunity for all loyal Americans, including Americans of Japanese ancestry, to serve their country at a time when the fullest and wisest use of our manpower is all-important to the war effort.” Observing Asian-Pacific Heritage Month To pay tribute to the many generations of Asian-Pacific Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Asian American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act, records relating to Japanese internment and relocation, and many more.  For more information about Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, see http://asianpacificheritage.gov/
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“Relocating A People”


This brochure, c. 1942, provided general statistics about Japanese Americans from the 1940 census.  The brochure encouraged US citizens to employ Japanese Americans as they were relocated during World War II.

The quote on the cover from Pres. Roosevelt says, “I am glad to observe that the War Department, the Navy Department, the War Manpower Commission, the Department of Justice, and the War Relocation Authority are collaborating in a program which will assure the opportunity for all loyal Americans, including Americans of Japanese ancestry, to serve their country at a time when the fullest and wisest use of our manpower is all-important to the war effort.”

Observing Asian-Pacific Heritage Month

To pay tribute to the many generations of Asian-Pacific Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Asian American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act, records relating to Japanese internment and relocation, and many more. 

For more information about Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, see http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

Source: riversidearchives

FDR Opens the World Fair on Long Island, New York On April 30, 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to appear on television by addressing the opening ceremonies of New York World’s Fair. Listen to his remarks - from The Presidential Timeline
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FDR Opens the World Fair on Long Island, New York

On April 30, 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to appear on television by addressing the opening ceremonies of New York World’s Fair.

Listen to his remarks - from The Presidential Timeline

Source: presidentialtimeline.org

todaysdocument:

Equal Pay for Women - Appealing to the Board

President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the National War Labor Board in January 1942. The Board mediated wartime labor disputes and consisted of representatives from business, organized labor, and the public. Women asked the National War Labor Board that they be paid the same amount as men would be paid for the work they were doing. This special representative’s report sets forth provisions respecting wage rates for women.

Special Representative’s Report on Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments, 04/29/1943

(via coolchicksfromhistory)

Source: research.archives.gov

Thomas Jefferson was born on this day in 1743.  The third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence lived to the age of 83.  He died on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration, July 4, 1826. Here is the first page of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address at the dedication of the Thomas Jefferson memorial.  4/13/1943 Read the full address here, and more about Thomas Jefferson at the National Archives. Happy Friday and cheers to Thomas Jefferson!
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Thomas Jefferson was born on this day in 1743. 

The third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence lived to the age of 83.  He died on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration, July 4, 1826.

Here is the first page of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address at the dedication of the Thomas Jefferson memorial.  4/13/1943

Read the full address here, and more about Thomas Jefferson at the National Archives.

Happy Friday and cheers to Thomas Jefferson!

Source: archives.gov

life: April 12, 1945: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage. Pictured: President Franklin Roosevelt listens to a speech during the annual Jackson Day fundraising dinner in Washington, DC. Originally published in the January 24, 1938, issue of LIFE. (see more photos here)
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April 12, 1945: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Pictured: President Franklin Roosevelt listens to a speech during the annual Jackson Day fundraising dinner in Washington, DC. Originally published in the January 24, 1938, issue of LIFE.

(see more photos here)

Source: life

nwkarchivist: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Died On This Date In 1945 The pace of F.D.R’s passing was like that of his life, swift and incisive: At 1:40 p.m., April 12, 1945, the 32nd President of the United States signed a series of documents, and relaxed in his Warm Springs vacation home while an artist, Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff, sketched him. At 4:35 p.m. he was dead of a cerebral hemorrage. Newsweek April 23, 1945
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Died On This Date In 1945

The pace of F.D.R’s passing was like that of his life, swift and incisive:

  • At 1:40 p.m., April 12, 1945, the 32nd President of the United States signed a series of documents, and relaxed in his Warm Springs vacation home while an artist, Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff, sketched him.
  • At 4:35 p.m. he was dead of a cerebral hemorrage.

Newsweek April 23, 1945

Source: nwkarchivist

lbjlibrary: April 12, 1945. FDR dies. LBJ is devastated. Roosevelt would remain a role model for the rest of Johnson’s life. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton, 02/10/1965. 43-8-WH65. Public domain.
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April 12, 1945. FDR dies.

LBJ is devastated. Roosevelt would remain a role model for the rest of Johnson’s life.

LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton, 02/10/1965. 43-8-WH65. Public domain.

Source: lbjlibrary.org

President Roosevelt’s body was transported by train to Washington D.C. and then on to his estate in Hyde Park for burial. Thousands of mourners lined the tracks to say goodbye.

Here, images of FDR’s funeral train en route to New York, April 1945.

Source: docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu

On March 29, 1945, FDR left the White House for the last time on a trip to Warm Springs, Georgia. He had first visited Warm Springs in the mid-1920s after hearing that the waters there had healing powers.  He hoped they would help him regain the use of his legs which were left paralyzed from a polio attack in 1921. In 1926, FDR bought and renovated the old resort at Warm Springs, turning it into a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center for polio patients. Throughout his time as Governor of New York and President, FDR continued vacationing at Warm Springs. The cottage where he stayed became known as the “Little White House,” thanks to his frequent visits as president. It was here that FDR went in April 1945 to rest and rejuvenate following the pressures of the 1944 campaign, the Yalta Conference, and the continued war effort.  On April 12, 1945, while sitting for a portrait by painter Elizabeth Shoumatoff, FDR suffered a massive stroke. He died a few hours later having never regained consciousness. This photo is of FDR in Warm Springs, GA, 1931.
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On March 29, 1945, FDR left the White House for the last time on a trip to Warm Springs, Georgia. He had first visited Warm Springs in the mid-1920s after hearing that the waters there had healing powers.  He hoped they would help him regain the use of his legs which were left paralyzed from a polio attack in 1921.

In 1926, FDR bought and renovated the old resort at Warm Springs, turning it into a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center for polio patients. Throughout his time as Governor of New York and President, FDR continued vacationing at Warm Springs. The cottage where he stayed became known as the “Little White House,” thanks to his frequent visits as president.

It was here that FDR went in April 1945 to rest and rejuvenate following the pressures of the 1944 campaign, the Yalta Conference, and the continued war effort.  On April 12, 1945, while sitting for a portrait by painter Elizabeth Shoumatoff, FDR suffered a massive stroke. He died a few hours later having never regained consciousness.

This photo is of FDR in Warm Springs, GA, 1931.

Source: fdrlibrary.wordpress.com