FDR Library

Happy #NationalQuiltingDay! This “Sunbonnet Sue” quilt was made in 1937 by 11yr old Mary Kathleen Carden of Seattle. Carden sewed a running stitch over the autographs of friends and even Eleanor Roosevelt! See the quilt on display in "SIGNATURE MOMENTS" #FDRSignatureMoments

Mrs. Budd’s students had fun exploring The FDR Presidential Library and Museum 🇺🇸 @WCSDEmpowers @WJHS75 @FDRLibrary

Come for the exhibit and stay for the free film (and popcorn!🍿). See this letter from Hollywood Canteen's Bette Davis, Chef Milani, & Roddy McDowall on display in "SIGNATURE MOMENTS." Watch the film "Hollywood Canteen" Today at 2pm in the Wallace Center. #FDRSignatureMoments

When your anniversary falls on St. Patrick's Day, what better way to celebrate than with a potato filled with shamrocks?

Exploring history and primary sources with @KEDCGrants and the FDR Presidential library, Jeffrey Urbin. He brought those sources to life using a rat puppet and a finger pointer, just for starters! Fun, entertaining, interesting and useful! It was a GREAT session! @passport2lead

Happy Birthday to theoretical physicist Albert Einstein! See Einstein's 1934 poem presented to FDR and much more in our current special exhibition "SIGNATURE MOMENTS: Letters From the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday Americans." #FDRSignatureMoments

Not many professional developments make me want to immediately post, because it was JUST THAT GOOD, BUT Mr. Urbin’s presentation from @FDRLibrary was!! Where else can you get primary sources, a rat 🐀 puppet, and a tiny finger pointer all in one? Check him for student resources.

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March 4, 1933, United States greatness: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administers the presidential oath to Franklin D. Roosevelt. @FDRLibrary

Weather Update: The Library/Museum will close at Noon today, March 3, due to inclement weather.

If you teach the Holocaust, please check out this superb curriculum guide from @FDRLibrary It even includes the once banned documentary Nurnberg detailing the Nazi trials aftermath. We love Jeff Urbin! @KEDCGrants @kedc_epic fdrlibrary.org/curriculum-gui…

Happy Birthday to singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte! See Belafonte's 1960 letter to Eleanor and much more in our current exhibition "SIGNATURE MOMENTS: Letters From the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday Americans." #FDRSignatureMoments

Happy Birthday to best-selling author John Steinbeck! See Steinbeck's 1940 letter to FDR and much more in our current exhibition "SIGNATURE MOMENTS: Letters From the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday Americans." #FDRSignatureMoments

Please enjoy this Black History Month encore presentation of our animated short film "We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen." ow.ly/XhIw50YlXRf

Educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was the highest-ranking African American in the Roosevelt administration. See Bethune's letter to ER and much more in "SIGNATURE MOMENTS: Letters From the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday Americans." #BlackHistoryMonth

Due to the winter storm, the Library/Museum will be closed on Monday, February 23.

Due to the forecasted winter weather, the Library/Museum will have a delayed opening of 10am on Friday, February 20.

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, took place in Lake Placid, New York from February 4-15, 1932. On February 4, 1932, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt formally opened the Olympics in Lake Placid. fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/13075/…

Important update - due to an interruption in water services, the FDR Library will be closed on Thursday February 19th.

Go Team @USABS! This button is a memento from Eleanor Roosevelt's ride with American bobsledder Henry Homburger on February 4, 1932, at the opening of the III Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid. fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/24129/…