# Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Curious Relationship of Joseph Kennedy, Sr. and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Kennedy Sr. first met with Franklin D. Roosevelt when the latter was serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the First World War. Kennedy had taken a position at the…
Fabricated Stories About World War II Still Known by Many
As the twentieth century’s seminal event, the Second World War has inspired its fair share of myths with no grounding…
32 Inspirational Moments Eleanor Roosevelt Gave the World
Eleanor Roosevelt was a woman who fought not only for women’s rights but for all of the poor and oppressed.…
This Man was the United States’ First and Only Native American Vice President
Charles Curtis was a remarkable figure in US politics. A member of the Kaw nation through his mother, Curtis was…
30 Eye-Opening Facts About Average Life During The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the most severe economic decline in modern history. Sparked by the stock market crash of 1929,…
The Teenage Spy Who Saved FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
The Tehran Conference, November 28th to December 1st, 1943 was the first meeting of World War II's "Big Three" Allied…
FDR Survived an Assassination Attempt. You Won’t Believe What He Did Next.
Franklin Roosevelt found out just a few days before he took the oath of office in 1933 that the Presidency is…
The Top Military Sniper of All Time Is Not Who You Might Expect
One of the most successful snipers in history is indeed a woman. Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlichenko was a Red Army Ukrainian…
FDR: The Greatest President Ever?
Humans have a habit of ranking things. If there is more than one of something, we want to know, which…
Today In History: An Assassin Shoots at Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)
On February 15, 1933, an assassination attempt threatened the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was in Miami, Florida…