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In 1937 FDR was given a model of Independence Hall to mark the 150th anniversary of the USConstitution

RT : “I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.” Eleanor Roosevelt

On Sept. 17, 1938, FDR gave this address to the Constitutional Convention meeting in Poughkeepsie, NY

RT : FLOTUS Eleanor Roosevelt unified the 1940 Democratic National Convention with this famous speech:

Sept. 1st was the 75th anniversary of the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act--creating affordable across the country

MT "No matter how hard we try we could not escape feeling w/in our own borders the results of what happens elsewhere in the world

With summer coming to an end, here is a look at summertime in Hyde Park with the Roosevelts

Collection inventories, exhibit development, conservation and blogging--some of the many things done by our museum tech

This 1940 Social Security placard was designed to inform workers about benefits and encourage them to enroll.

Our Plain Duty: FDR and America's Social Security - a film by the Pare Lorentz Film Center at the FDR Library

This month marks the 71st anniversary of the Atlantic Charter - issued by & Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941

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