FDR

If you thought Thanksgiving came a little early this year – you’re right.  Since Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday in November, the 22nd is the earliest it could ever come.  The 28th is the latest it can come in November.

It was just 8 days after his inauguration that President Franklin Roosevelt gave his first national radio address, speaking directly from the White House.  The U.S. was at the lowest point of the Great Depression with between 25 and 33 percent of work force unemployed.  The country was worried and Roosevelt went on the radio to ease their worries and tell them he was prepared to lead the country b