75th Anniversary of FDR's I Hate War Speech

[dhermann1]

August 14, is the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's greatest and most famous speech, "I Hate War". It was given on the stage of the historic Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjbsiPUO3kA
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmf7O1fxOdY
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0BooraafGY&feature=player_embedded

 

[Deco-Doll-1928]

I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner. Thank you for sharing this. Can you imagine having any other President than FDR during this time? He was smart. He knew how to talk to people. During a rough economy (especially during a Great Depression), it's hard to motivate people.

 

[dhermann1]

I've been on a real FDR kick lately. I read Roberty Sherwood's "Roosevelt and Hopkins", a good place to start, a couple years ago. Now on Volume 3 of Harold Ickes' Secret Diaries. Fascinating time, fascinating characters, and SOOOO relevant to the present.

 

[Deco-Doll-1928]

I know what you mean. I feel like we experiencing a real sense of deja vu with the economic crisis that is happening now. I wonder why more people are not taking a real hard look into what FDR did to help the nation get out of the Great Depression. Obviously what he did worked (maybe not at first or without opposition). I mean there's got to be a reason why he served four terms as President! Obviously a lot of people put a lot of faith into what he was trying to do.

I've been really wishing for a WPA project lately (I'm a poor art student graduate).

Now we all have to think. If FDR was still around:

What Would FDR Do?