They wait till they see Roosevelt's dim figure on the platform ... because it is proper for a carnival to be silly and gaudy, whereas the inaugural parade is supposed to be impressive.

Yet that Saturday had a momentousness about it. It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration as president of the United Stateds. Americans gathered around their radios to hear the ...

Next, students view and analyze three video clips that explain the events that led to Franklin Roosevelt’s inauguration as president. From there, students learn about the first 100 days of ...

Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in the aftermath of the ... and unflinching voice in confronting the trials of the 1930s. As he said in his first inaugural address, “We have ...

On Wednesday, August 10, 1921, Franklin Roosevelt returns from a day of outdoor ... have no dependable source of income, FDR, in his inaugural address, assures the American people that ...

On Jan. 20, 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office at ... He also was the last president to be sworn in on the old inauguration day — March 4 — for his first term in 1933.

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington. President ...