I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is ...

I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is ...

What Roosevelt could offer was a fresh, ebullient, and unflinching voice in confronting the trials of the 1930s. As he said in his first inaugural address, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” ...

As the Great Depression deepened in early 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address offered hope to the disillusioned nation. “This great Nation,” he assured the American people ...

The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site will be displaying rarely seen artifacts from its collection in a series of “Behind the Scenes” tours that will begin Friday, January 21st. Each of the ...

rising fascism in Europe—and FDR embraced it, launching his New Deal. “We do not distrust the future of essential democracy,” he declared in his inaugural address. “The people of the ...