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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Inauguration

Updated Feb 11, 2024
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Inauguration
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover on their way to the U.S. Capitol Building for FDR's inauguration.

Since Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to wear leg braces and use a cane & braces or a wheelchair (due to having contracted polio as an adult - or perhaps, it is now thought, Guillain-Barre syndrome ), I think they have a blanket over their laps not because of the cold but because it covered FDR's legs and braces.

Throughout his presidency, FDR was never publicly photographed, or seen, in his wheelchair or braces. Because of the Depression and WW II, which both occurred during his presidency, it was considered a public boost to see him as "virile". Such were the times.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
Date & Place: in Washington DC, District Of Columbia USA
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My father was Dwayne Hoover which was Herbert Hoover's cousin.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York United States to James Roosevelt and Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1945, and they were married until Franklin's death on April 12, 1945. He had children Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Elliot Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt was buried on April 15, 1945 at Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site 4097 Albany Post Rd, in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY.
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Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Herbert Clark Hoover .
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