Founding the United Nations in San FranciscoEighty years ago on June 25, 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was adopted unanimously in the San Francisco Opera House and signed the following day at Herbst Theatre Auditorium in the Veterans War Memorial Building. ...
Henry J. Kaiser, FDR’s DynamoSources: Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman Henry J. Kaiser was described as “a dynamo” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kaiser became the symbol of America as the “arsenal of...
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY This presidential yacht, off the coast of New England for some relaxation and to escape the Washingtonheat and humidity. It was expected to be the usual fishing routine on the Potomac with the traditionaldaily...
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY The mooring was poor, the seas rough. The Presidential Yacht, the USS Potomac, was rolling continually from 25 to 30 degrees and yawed wildly during the night of March 26, 1941, while anchored at Settlement Point in the...
Murray the Outlaw of FalahillFALAApril 17, 1940 – April 5, 1952Sources: Fala Biography - FDR Library & Museum, Hyde Park; US Navy Ship Logs USS Potomac (AG25) Fala was President Roosevelt’s usual companion on his many cruises on the USS Potomac, including in...
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY FDR’s Texas Fishing Trip - May 1937 After dinner on April 27, 1937, FDR left the White House to overnight on his special train en route to New Orleans and a rendezvous with his Presidential Yacht USS Potomac. The train...