Photo: “Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy” poster displayed in Defense Square, Washington, D.C., for a month beginning 7 November 1941. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 30, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Photo: Chrysler Motor Car Company tank plant in April 1941. Credit: Detroit Free Library.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 27, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Photo: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 8 December 1941. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor and Bill of Rights Day

By Jane Cook on December 7, 2021

Jane Cook describes how Pres. Roosevelt, 8 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, celebrated the 1st Bill of Rights Day on 15 December 1941... (Read More)

National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary this Friday!

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 16, 2009

National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary on Friday, June 19th. Susan Logue (Voice of America) distributed this commentary on the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives. Before the National Archives was founded, many governmental records were kept in poor conditions. On June 19, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the legislation creating the National Archives.... (Read More)

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