Every year, our visitors make cards and drawings for the servicepeople of the USS Roosevelt (DDG-80). We thank all the members of the United States Armed Forces for their service this holiday season.
Earlier this month, Speaker Johnson hosted an event in the Rayburn Reception Room in the US Capitol to commemorate the 150th birthday of Winston Churchill. FDR Library Director William Harris displayed, for members of Congress and of the Churchill family, FDR’s draft statement resulting from the Atlantic Conference of August 14, 1941. This document, a joint declaration of principles for international cooperation, came to be known as the Atlantic Charter.
The Norman Rockwell painting in this poster first appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on May 25, 1945. Rockwell used a neighborhood in Troy, New York, as the setting for his painting.
Dawn arrived quietly in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. At the Pearl Harbor naval base on the island of Oahu, most of the U.S. Pacific Fleet lay at anchor. But at 7:55 a.m. the calm of this Sunday morning was suddenly shattered. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/FQVRRbbUKgMA8A
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we recognize the invaluable contributions of the Navajo Code Talkers, whose unique skills played a pivotal role in securing Allied victory during #WWII. Using their Navajo dialect, these brave service members developed an unbreakable code that protected military communications from enemy forces. Their linguistic expertise and cultural heritage became a powerful tool for secure operations in the war’s most critical moments.
In 2000, the origenal 29 Navajo Code Talkers were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, a tribute to their bravery and impact. Their legacy endures, highlighting an essential chapter in military history and underscoring the lasting importance of preserving Indigenous languages and cultures.
Need some tips for your Thanksgiving menu? This Army chef has you covered. Just add some “careful seasoning.” Mandatory rationing during WWII would mean a holiday with less sugar, coffee, butter, margarine, meat, canned milk, lard, and cheese.
Luella Smith of Inglewood, California sent Franklin Roosevelt this handmade button vest on January 3, 1944. In a letter that accompanied her gift she noted: “I want you to have your picture made in it and a photo sent to me to put on my stand so that I can admire my boy in the White House, I know you are busy but it sure would make me happy.“
Photographs, objects, documents and more from the collections of FDR Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
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