Tag: Franklin D. Roosevelt

On President’s Day

Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech, the first of the Four Freedoms series, appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on this day in 1943. Based on remarks in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address, the four freedoms referenced were Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and …

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What are you going to do?

“It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt (also referred to as FDR), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), was born on this day in 1882. He died in office on …

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