I just returned home from New York (at least for a few hours before I head back to Seattle on business). Today was a special day on Roosevelt Island in New York City: the dedication of the FDR Four Freedoms Park. There is a link below to … [Read more...]
A New Way to Attack New Deal Liberalism
I had an interesting conversation in Chicago last Monday evening with Michael Barone of U.S. News and World Report about Shlaes. His comments only reinforced the points I have been making, although his vantage point is a bit different from … [Read more...]
Seventy Five Years Ago Today: FDR Nominated for President!
Want to be a part of discussing and preserving New Deal history? Subscribe to the FDR Center Museum's New Deal Information Service (NDIS) to keep informed and updated about how Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the New Deal are being … [Read more...]
Studs Terkel Remarks on FDR Center Museum (Video)
I am happy to report that recently Studs celebrated his 95th birthday, and is as wonderful as ever! I have put the video made by Studs online at our FDR Center Museum website for the first time so that you may view yourself this very … [Read more...]
Celebrating and Sustaining the New Deal Legacy!
FDR's historic New Deal speech of 75 years ago is now available at our FDR American Heritage Center Website.July 2, 2007 therefore marks the beginning of our commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the launch of the New Deal, which ushered … [Read more...]
Why the New Deal Matters
Our goal through the FDR Center Museum, a non-profit organization of Roosevelt and New Deal history, has been to share with the public the legacy of the Greatest Generation. Sometimes our work is difficult, but we persevere. I hope that … [Read more...]
Remembrance: D-Day 63rd Anniversary
In that spirit, the Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum proudly presents FDR's D-Day Prayer online at the FDR American Heritage Center Website. … [Read more...]
The FDR Center Museum: On the Move to Chicopee, Massachusetts!
We are pleased to announce that the Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum will be moving from Worcester to Chicopee, Massachusetts. This move to the Pioneer Valley represents the next step in the growth and development of … [Read more...]
Springfield Republican Editorial on FDR Center Museum
I would also like to note, and perhaps this is the intercession of fate, but...As the Springfield Republican published this excellent editorial endorsing a potential move of our FDR Center Museum from Worcester to Chicopee today, Democrats … [Read more...]
Update on the FDR Center Museum in Worcester
Our FDR Center Museum has been offered by the Mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts, Michael D. Bissonnette, to relocate the FDR Center Museum and its massive collection of Roosevelt and New Deal artifacts and ephemera to Chicopee. This is a … [Read more...]