Unable to walk from polio, FDR was lifted from the limo and placed in his wheelchair. “He immediately put up a happy front, playfully waving and wisecracking as he was wheeled into the hospital ...

During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute ...

Historian Jonathan Darman argues in his new book, Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis that Made a President, that polio changed his outlook forever. It happened in two ways. First, it made him ...

On the morning of March 4, 1933 an air of tense expectancy pervaded America. The country was experiencing its worst year yet of the Depression, the nation's banks had been closed, and most ...

Domestically, FDR switched from “Dr. New Deal” to “Dr. Win the War,” organizing the armed forces and establishing America as the arsenal of democracy. Diplomatically, his big power summits with ...

Roosevelt, who loved a simple, satisfying, and reassuring grilled cheese. FDR served during one of the most challenging moments in our nation's history, beginning his term in 1933, in the middle ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It is no secret now that Franklin D. Roosevelt had the unique challenge of hiding his crippling disease of what was believed to be polio throughout his terms as ...

Early in his 1932 campaign, feeling feisty, FDR picked a safe venue -- a commencement address at a relatively obscure university, Oglethorpe of Atlanta, and tried out the line: The country needs ...

Complete Guide to the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York including tours, things to ...

Roosevelt (the 32nd President of the United States), swam a great deal during his lifetime. But FDR was not the only one of our Commanders-in-Chief who enjoyed swimming; in fact, a number of ...

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Accolade, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACCD) today announced that Renalogic, the recognized industry leader that manages the human and financial costs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for self-insured employers ...