Black-and-white photo of a man in a suit speaking at a podium with several microphones labeled NBC, CBS, and MBS. Other people and decorative elements are visible in the background, capturing the historic moment of the Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt December 8, 1941, Washington, D.C. Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address Given on March 4, 1933, in Washington, DC I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the