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Cocktails & Commentary — Prohibition, Whiskey Wars, & Modern Moonshine

Posted on June 10th, 2019 · Posted in History, Public Programs
Please join us on June 24th as Roosevelt House welcomes urban historian Rebecca Dalzell and Ryan Ciuchta, head blender of Kings County Distillery, for a novel and far-ranging discussion on the role of the law during Brooklyn’s secret Whi... Read more

Jane’s Walks: Spend the Day With the Roosevelts in New York

Posted on May 2nd, 2016 · Posted in History, Public Programs
Explore the lives and legacies of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt from multiple perspectives. Roosevelt House and FDR Four Freedoms Park are offering tours in collaboration–you’re welcome to attend one or the other, but we hope you’ll join us fo... Read more

Exhibition – “Women Take the Lead: Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Eleanor Roosevelt, From Suffrage to Human Rights.”

Posted on January 14th, 2016 · Posted in History, Public Programs
Women Take the Lead: From Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Eleanor Roosevelt, Suffrage to Human Rights will be on view on the main floor of Roosevelt House from January 13 through May 27, 2016, including the period around Women’s History Month in... Read more

80th Anniversary of FDR’s First Inauguration and “Fear Itself” Speech

Posted on March 4th, 2013 · Posted in History, Roosevelt House General News

Today is the 80th Anniversary of FDR’s first inauguration – incidentally the last inauguration to be held in March* – and of FDR’s famous “fear itself” speech.  Delivered against the…