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mahatmakanejeeves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:15 AM
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Today is the day in 1945 that Roosevelt died
Edited on Wed Apr-12-06 10:19 AM by mahatmakanejeeves
I'm looking for a picture of Graham W. Jackson, Sr., "Official Musician of the State of Georgia."

"In 1945 Jackson became a national symbol of the grief felt over the passing of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A picture of Jackson playing the accordion and weeping as the body of Roosevelt left the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia was published in Life magazine. Throughout his lifetime people would remember Jackson from this picture and his association with Roosevelt."

Edited: I wonder if this site has one:

FDR - The Last Journey
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:21 AM
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1. FDR: friend to the poor, kicker of NAZI ass.
:cry:
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:26 AM
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3. And therefore twice as hated by the RW -nt
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Chiyo-chichi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:22 AM
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2. Photos here:
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mahatmakanejeeves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:26 AM
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4. I Googled ...
Edited on Wed Apr-12-06 10:30 AM by mahatmakanejeeves
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:29 AM
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5. I was seven years old and I remember
a terrible sadness on people's face. I really didn't understand what a great man he was.
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:44 AM
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6. I was just 5 years old. It is my first historical memory -
setting on my mothers lap as she cried while listening on the radio. We need another FDR.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:57 AM
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7. Thank you
All morning 12 april has been running through my head, I knew it was a historically important date, but what for escaped me.
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Jim Warren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 11:03 AM
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8. A nod to the memory of FDR
First I thought the wingers wanted to erase the memory of Clinton, then I thought they were after the idea of the '60s, then I saw they were after FDR and the whole idea of the social contract of the New Deal.
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 11:07 AM
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9. A toast to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the BFEE's greatest enemy


:toast: :beer: :patriot:
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 11:17 AM
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10. FDR was a giant...
especially compared to the pygmy currently residing in his place. His legacy is far too great for the right to do it any lasting damage,I think(and I hope). He died too young,really,and it's sad that he never got to enjoy a happy retirement and old age. His counsel as an elder statesman would have been invaluable,too. I think tonight I'll have a martini(which he enjoyed making for his guests) in his honor. He makes me very proud to be a Democrat.
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