[Magdalen] FDR Dies.

Kate Conant kate.conant at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 21:29:20 UTC 2018


I remember my mother telling me when JFK died that she always remembered
where she was when she heard that FDR died.  Now I remember what happened
at Stout Jr High in Dearborn, Michigan on November 22, 1963.

Kate

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 1:08 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> In my experience, there was quite a hubbub over this event.  I was 7 at
> the time.  This even involved die-hard Republicans like my family.  If for
> no other reason than his great length in the Office of Presidency USA (FDR
> was on his fourth term) and the facts that he had been guiding us through
> the Great Depression and then WW-2, his life and death had big impact.
>
> There's that famous New Yorker (I think) cartoon that has son at his
> father's
> knee, with father telling son, "Someday you can be Vice-President."
>
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> David S.
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> In a message dated 4/14/2018 12:38:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> I remember other things that happened around that time. This just wasn't
> one of them.
>


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