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Fireside Chats from FDR's World (1)

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Fireside Chats from FDR's World (1)

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD My Recent (and Emotional) Visit to the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, NY

Annette Laing
Jun 11, 2022
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An Outpouring of Love

Teenager Ernestine’s carpenter father was unemployed. It was the Great Depression. There was no work in their hometown, San Antonio, Texas, and the family was starving. They were able to survive with food aid from the federal government provided by an agency of Frankl…

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