Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the movie “Pearl Habor.” (Courtesy Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Bill Murray plays President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who takes on a new mistress and entertains King George VI at his rustic hideaway in “Hyde Park on Hudson.” (Focus Features via Associated Press)
Bill Murray plays President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who takes on a new mistress and entertains King George VI at his rustic hideaway in “Hyde Park on Hudson.” (Focus Features via Associated Press)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, appearing before a joint session of Congress termed as unprovoked and dastardly the attack by Japan upon Hawaii and the Philippines and asked for an immediate declaration of war, Dec. 8, 1941. (AP Photo)
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt watch as their Scottish Terrier dog, Fala, hops onto the jump seat as they leave town hall in Hyde Park, N.Y., on Nov. 4, 1941. President Roosevelt had just finished voting in a local election. Seated next to the First Lady in the backseat is Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. (AP Photo)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt with pet dog, a Scottish terrier named Fala. (AP Photo)
associated press photographs President Franklin D. Roosevelt threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Griffith Stadium before Game 3 of the 1933 World Series between Washington and the New York Giants as Senators manager Joe Cronin (third from right) and New York counterpart Bill Terry (second from right) look on. The Fall Classic was a national obsession, as evidenced by a scoreboard outside a building in Norfolk, Va., that tracked the developments of Game 1. The Giants won the World Series 4-1, and it would be 79 years before Washington would experience postseason baseball again.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Griffith Stadium before Game 3 of the 1933 World Series between Washington and the New York Giants as Senators manager Joe Cronin (third from right) and New York counterpart Bill Terry (second from right) look on. The Fall Classic was a national obsession, as evidenced by a scoreboard outside a building in Norfolk, Va., that tracked the developments of Game 1. The Giants won the World Series 4-1, and it would be 79 years before Washington would experience postseason baseball again. (Associated Press)
President Franklin Roosevelt bestowed the nation's highest decoration posthumously upon Captain Richard E. Fleming, Marine pilot cited for heroic action in the Battle of Midway, when he handed the Congressional Medal of Honor to the flier's mother, Mrs. Michael E. Fleming, of St. Paul, Minn., in a ceremony at Washington, D.C. on Nov. 24, 1942. Standing between them at the White House is Lieut. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant of the Marine Corps. (AP Photo/George R. Skadding)
