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Tonight's program with Brian Hollander, on his book NOTHING OF INSIGNIFICANCE: ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM, featured readings, a great conversation with publisher Will Nixon, live music and a book signing. A special thanks to Brian's wife, Fran, for her beautiful vocals.
Eleanor Roosevelt received this print "The American Church of Paris" in 1951 from Dr. Clayton Edgar Williams, the pastor of the Church, while she was in Paris for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Eleanor displayed it in her living room on 74th St. apt in NYC.
A fascinating conversation this evening with historian Harvey J. Kaye, "Thomas Paine, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Power of Words in Turbulent Times."
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Conversation with Harvey J. Kaye:
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Proper Harvesting Pays - This WWII conservation poster by Earle Winslow encourages landowners to turn crooked, low value trees into essential wartime resources like railroad ties, fence posts, and firewood: fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/o…
September marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
This section of a steel I-beam was removed from “Ground Zero” at the WTC site after the attack and donated to the Museum in 2003. See it on display this month in the Visitor Center.
In 1942, The Schools at War program became a part of the war effort on the home front. Launched by the U.S. Treasury and Office of Education, it encouraged schoolchildren to buy war stamps, sell bonds, and salvage scrap materials. Poster by Irving Nurick:
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Since we're all celebrating #WorldBeardDay, we thought it was a good time to ask our friends for a little help settling a longstanding debate. Here is a fine cabinet card image of John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1840-1909), paternal uncle of FDR. Does this count as a beard?
