To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed the first woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet. Frances Perkins was sworn in as the new Secretary of Labor on March 4, 1933, and retained the position for 12 years.

In historian Alan Brinkley's biography, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he calls the former president the most important individual of the 20th century. Roosevelt presented national concerns to the ...

Years of contrived austerity have demonstrated to voters that no public good (indeed, nothing at all!) is more important than ...

Born on January 30 th, 1882, Franklin D. Roosevelt was born an only child to James and Sara Delano Roosevelt.. The Roosevelts owned a home in New York City and also spent summers on the Canadian ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in characteristic style: beaming, from the back seat of an open car. He had earned this smile.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States' 32nd president, had many Christmas traditions with his family and staff during his time in office. Roosevelt even grew Christmas trees on his New York land.

Here are six volunteers who make a difference at National Parks and other federal lands, from an 8-year-old who does the ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ended Prohibition, pulled the United States out of the Great Depression, and bolstered Allied Forces during World War II. He also suffered from paralysis, which ...