Yet that Saturday had a momentousness about it. It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration as president of the United Stateds. Americans gathered around their radios to hear the ...

NEW YORK — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

Far from being ceremonies only, they foretold much of what the new presidency would mean. Franklin D. Roosevelt making his inaugural address as 32nd President of the United States on Jan. 1, 1933. The ...