President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a dramatic call to the American people to protect and defend four universal human ideals in his State of the Union address on this day in history, Jan. 6, ...

On July 4, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt celebrated American Independence Day with a radio address that praised democracy while warning against the dangers of authoritarianism.

December 24, 1941. Christmas Eve. Just 17 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin D. Roosevelt lights the White House Christmas tree and is joined in this ceremonial act by ...

Placentia Bay. Before the storm -- Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble -- Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room -- Trouble with ...

One of the most bitter political debates in U.S. history produced one of the United States’ greatest foreign policy accomplishments. President Franklin Roosevelt signs H.R. 1776, the Lend-Lease Act, ...

Days before Pearl Harbor, a shocking order from President Roosevelt may have set the stage for war. Three vulnerable American ...