ROGERS: Remembering FDR on 80th anniversary of his death

ROGERS: Remembering FDR on 80th anniversary of his death

By Brian Rogers Guest Columnist Eighty years ago this afternoon, April 12, 1945, our neighbor leapt from her porch and ran toward our car. Tears streaked her reddened face as she sobbed. “President Roosevelt died.” She was nine. I was seven. My sister, parents and I were returning from a shopping trip. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, had died at age 63. He had been elected in 1932 and served a term longer than…

Death Of FDR And Carrying On Under Truman - Past Daily After Hours Reference Room - April 14, 1945

https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/14181654/Americas-Foreign-Policy-April-15-1945.mp3 With the war in Europe coming to a close within days, and war in the Pacific with another four months to go, the sudden death of Franklin Roosevelt was a tragic shock that reverberated all over the world and left many wondering what was going to happen, now that Harry Truman, FDR’s vice-President and second in command was in charge. It …