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First Roosevelt House Special Exhibit to Showcase Rare, Original Relics from the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Note: Exhibition has been extended to May 27th!  Click here for more. Women Take the Lead: From Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Eleanor Roosevelt, Suffrage to Human Rights, on view, free to…  

Eleanor Roosevelt Writes About the Meaning of Memorial Day (1945)

Posted on May 26th, 2015 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

Memorial Day originated as “Decoration Day” after the Civil War as visitors brought flowers to the graves of soldiers killed during that great conflict. Eventually the commemoration was set on…  

“What Will It Take to End Polio?” Time.com Editorial Spotlights Roosevelt House and FDR

Posted on October 3rd, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House General News, Roosevelt House History

A recent Time.com editorial by author Jeffrey Kluger reflected on the current efforts and challenges in the worldwide struggle to eradicate polio, framing these challenges in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s struggle with the disease, and…  

The Roosevelts and John Steinbeck: 75th Anniversary of The Grapes of Wrath

Posted on April 25th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath was published 75 years ago in April 1939. The bestselling book of the year, with more than 400,000 copies in print, it also won…  

69 Years After His Death, We Remember FDR

Posted on April 11th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

Image: Unfinished portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Elizabeth Shoumatoff (1888-1980) at the time of his death. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died during the afternoon of April 12, 1945, while staying at…  

A Mysterious Piano at Roosevelt House

Posted on April 10th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

The  New York Times recently published an article called, “Layers of Mystery for a Steinway Grand,” about the grand piano that used to be at Roosevelt House. It was given…  

History Comes Alive at Roosevelt House

Posted on April 9th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

On Saturday April 5th, Roosevelt House hosted 160 visitors who toured the building as part of Hunter College’s first Homecoming.  Six Roosevelt House guides participated under the supervision of Dr….  

The FDR Four Freedoms Park: Then and Now

Posted on March 20th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island posts that today is the 40th anniversary of the death of the great American architect Louis Kahn, who designed the…  

Saint Patrick’s Day, Roosevelt Style

Posted on March 17th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

Photo Credit: Roosevelt House Historic Photos Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, and it is also the 108th wedding anniversary of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The couple married on Saint Patrick’s…  

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Folk-Filled Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14th, 2014 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt attended a Valentine’s Day dance on February 13, 1944 at the newly opened United Federal Labor Canteen in Washington, DC that was sponsored by the Congress…