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Press Releases

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2019

December 3, 2019 - Presentation: "Eleanor Roosevelt and the Fight for Human Rights"

November 22, 2019 - Book Talk: Lew Paper

November 18, 2019 - Holiday Open House Events

October 31, 2019 - Book Talk: Clay Risen

October 29, 2019 - Presentation: "Pack Horse Librarians in Appalachia"

October 24, 2019 - Conversation: "FDR and the Struggle for Justice"

October 22, 2019 - Film Screening: Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

October 18, 2019 - Book Talk: Richard Breitman

October 17, 2019 - Book Talk: Anna Merlan

October 16, 2019 - Presentation: Network to Feedom (NTF) with Diane Miller 

October 9, 2019 - Book Talk: Bret Baier

September 27, 2019 - Conversation: Ronald K. L. Collins

September 25, 2019 - Archives Month Program

September 11, 2019 - "FDR as a Stamp Collector" with Paul M. Holland

September 6, 2019 - Films and Discussion: Edwina Sandys

September 4, 2019 - Constitution Day: John Q. Barrett

August 22, 2019 - Book Talk: Judith Sumner

August 19, 2019 - Bulletin: Four Freedoms Awards

July 30, 2019 - Book Talk: Tom Shachtman

July 17, 2019 - Book Talk: William R. Casto

July 3, 2019 - Book Talk: Carney Rhinevault and Shannon Butler

July 1, 2019 - Book Talk: Eric Rauchway

June 17, 2019 - Family Fun Festival

June 10, 2019Listening to the Roosevelts with Anya Luscombe

June 7, 2019 - Book Talk: Douglas Brinkley

May 29, 2019 - Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 21, 2019 - Conversation: William J. vanden Heuvel and Katrina vanden Heuvel

May 20, 2019 - 75th Anniversary of D-Day Events

May 9, 2019 - Exhibition Opening: D-Day: FDR and Churchill's 'Mighty Endeavor'

May 3, 2019 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

April 29, 2019 - Book Talk: David A. Taylor

April 12, 2019 - Film Screening: Nuremberg: It's Lesson for Today

April 8, 2019 - Symposium: "Making Democracy Work" 

March 26, 2019 - Symposium: "Together, We Win: FDR, Frances Perkins and the ILO"

March 19, 2019 - Hudson Valley History Reading Festival

March 15, 2019 - Conversation: Jaren Cohen and Fareed Zakaria

March 12, 2019 - Film Screening: The Voice of America

March 7, 2019 - Bulletin - Cocktails Across America

March 6, 2019 - Book Talk: John W. Jeffries

February 28, 2019 - Book Talk: Cindy Gueli

February 7, 2019 - New Trustee Announced: Anne Sumers

January 31, 2019 - Presidents Day Weekend Events

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2018

December 10, 2018 - Book Talk: Matthew Litt

November 21, 2018 - Book Talk: Sam Kleiner

November 20, 2018 - Book Talk: David Reynolds

November 19, 2018 - Holiday Open House Events

November 19, 2018 - Bulletin - UDHR Conference: Small Places Close to Home

November 15, 2018 - Discussion: Ordinary Americans - HMT Rohna

November 14, 2018 - Bulletin - Veteran Arts Showcase

November 8, 2018 - Discussion: Communications in Times of Crisis

November 6, 2018 - Film Screenings: Patton & PBS's GI Jews

October 19, 2018 - Presentation: Mary E. Stuckey

October 12, 2018 - Conversation: Micahel P. Cullinane

October 10, 2018 - Book Talk: Susan Stessin-Cohn

October 2, 2018 - Book Talk: Rebecca Erbelding

September 27, 2018 - UDHR@70 "Freedom from Fear" Workshop

September 25, 2018 - Bulletin - Book Talk: Mary Jo Binker

September 12, 2018 - UDHR@70 "Freedom to Believe" Story Slam

September 7, 2018 - Film Screening: A More Perfect Union 

August 27, 2018 - Bulletin - Book Talk: Doris Kearns Goodwin

August 16, 2018Film Screening: The Guns of Navarone

August 1, 2018UDHR@70 Book Talk and Discussion: Joseph E. Stiglitz

August 1, 2018 - LeHand Film Collection Announced

July 24, 2018UDHR@70 Musical Performance: Josh White, Jr.

July 19, 2018New Trustees Announced: Mary P. Moran and Gillian Steel 

July 5, 2018 - Book Talk: Tom Shachtman

July 3, 2018Film Screening: From Farm to Incubators with Amy Wu

June 27, 2018 - Rare Footage of FDR's Adapted Walk

June 26, 2018Film Screening: The Great Escape

June 20, 2018New Video on FDR and the Dust Bowl

June 8, 2018Family Fun Festival

June 5, 2018Book Talk: Alexander Heffner

May 30, 2018Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 18, 2018FDR Library Illuminates FDR's Ship Model Collection

May 3, 2018Memorial Day Weekend Events

April 27, 2018Film Screening: Double Feature World War II-era Films

April 20, 2018 - Exhibition Opening: The Art of War

April 18, 2018Film Screening: The Bridge on the River Kwai

April 3, 2018Public Forum: "What It Means to be a Good Citizen"

March 23, 2018 - Hudson Valley History Reading Festival

March 21, 2018National Issues Forum: "Coming to America"

March 15, 2018 - Holocaust Memorial Day Morgenthau Lecture: Richard Breitman

March 8, 2018 - Book Talk: Susan Opdycke

March 1, 2018 - Conversation: Democracy in Dutchess

February 14, 2018 - Book Talk: David Lucander

January 25, 2018 - Presidents Day Weekend Events

January 23, 2018 - Bulletin - Film Screening: Casablanca

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2017

December 21, 2017 - Book Talk: Meredith Hindley

December 1, 2017 - Book Talk: David B. Woolner

November 30, 2017 - Presentation: WWI Music with Art Himmelberger

November 28, 2017 - Film Screening: Tora! Tora! Tora!

November 21, 2017 - Holiday Open House Events

November 16, 2017 - Book Talk: Frank Lavin

October 31, 2017 - Book Talk: Rachel Yarnell Thompson

October 26, 2017 - Book Talk: Kenneth Walsh

October 24, 2017 - Book Talk: Michael E. Groth

October 12, 2017 - Book Talk: A.J. Baime

October 5, 2017 - Bulletin - Book Talk: Nancy Woloch

September 22, 2017 - Book Talk: Peter Baker

September 11, 2017 - Presentation: Close-ups of Time Forgotten with Patti Hirahara

August 18, 2017 - Bulletin - 240th Military Police Living History: Organizational Day

August 10, 2017 - Film Screening: Guadalcanal Diary

August 4, 2017 - Conversation: New Deal Granchildren

July 27, 2017 - Book Talk: Will Englund

July 6, 2017 - Book Talk: Greg Robinson

June 29, 2017 - Conversation: Hollywood and the White House

June 12, 2017 - Family Fun Festival

June 2, 2017 - Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 31, 2017 - Conversation: Setsuko Winchester

May 22, 2017 - Bulletin - Reception: C-SPAN 2017 Cities Tour

May 11, 2017 - Book Talk: David C. Scott

May 4, 2017 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

April 24, 2017 - Morgenthau Holocaust Collections Project Announced

March 21, 2017 - Hudson Valley History Reading Festival

March 16, 2017 - Bulletin - Discussion: Anne Frank

March 9, 2017 - Listening to the Roosevelts: Eleanor Roosevelt "First Lady of Radio"

February 24, 2017 - Book Talk: Geraldine Hawkins

February 23, 2017 - New Trustee Announced: Clay L. Doherty

February 22, 2017 - Bulletin - FDOI Ceremony: WPA Posters USPS Forever Stamps

February 21, 2017 - Bulletin - Book Talk: Julie Otsuka

February 13, 2017 - Bulletin - Presidents Day Weekend Documents Display

February 2, 2017 - Exhibition Opening: Images of Internment

January 20, 2017 - Presentation: Michael A. Lord

January 13, 2017 - Conference: A Day of Women In Tech

January 5, 2017 - Discussion: FDR's Health

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2016

December 29, 2016 - Discussion: Presidential Transition

December 6, 2016 - AT&T Digital Education Portal Launched

November 30, 2016 - Media Alert: AT&T Digital Education Portal

November 22, 2016 - Pearl Harbor Day Events

November 18, 2016 - Holiday Open House Events

November 8, 2016 - Presentation: Captain William H. Kennedy, USN (Ret.)

October 31, 2016 - New Trustee Announced: Philip W. Johnston

October 27, 2016 - Book Talk: Craig Nelson

October 14, 2016 - Discussion: Google's Daniel Russell

October 12, 2016 - National Issues Forum

October 5, 2016 - Book Talk: Blanche Wiesen Cook

October 3, 2016 - Film Screening: Crossing Waters

September 30, 2016 - Book Talk: Susan Quinn

September 15, 2016 - Listening to the Roosevelts: Franklin D. Roosevelt, The War Years

September 2, 2016 - Constitution Day: John Q. Barrett

August 19, 2016 - Book Talk: Kathryn Smith

August 16, 2016 - Book Talk: Marisa J. Futernick

July 26, 2016 - Exhibition Opening: In the Footsteps of John Muir

June 30, 2016 - 75th Anniversary Ceremony

June 24, 2016 - Media Alert: Day of Infamy Exhibition

June 23, 2016 - FDR Library and AT&T Speech Digitization 

June 10, 2016 - Special Exhibition Opening - Day of Infamy

June 2, 2016 - 3 Days of 75th Anniversary Events

May 26, 2016 - Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 6, 2016 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

May 3, 2016 - Book Talk: Sue Reich

April 4, 2016 - Presentation: Slavery and the Church in New York

April 1, 2016 - Hudson Valley History Reading Festival

March 25, 2016 - Screening & Conversation: CNN's Race for the White House

March 24, 2016 - Media Alert: The Roosevelts' Art - Personal Stories Exhibition

March 17, 2016 - Special Exhibition: The Roosevelts' Art - Personal Stories

February 25, 2016 - Book Talk: Douglas Brinkley

February 23, 2016 - Listening to the Roosevelts: Eleanor Roosevelt "First Lady of Radio"

February 17, 2016 - Book Talk: Patricia Bell-Scott 

January 27, 2016 - Presidents Day Weekend Events

January 13, 2016 - 2016 Winter Documentary Film Series

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2015

December 22, 2015 - Conversation: FDR's Four Freedoms

December 11, 2015 - Book Talk: David J. Kahn

December 7, 2015 - AT&T Digitization Project Completed

November 25, 2015 - Holiday Open House Events

November 4, 2015 - New Trustee Announced: Shirley M. Handel 

November 3, 2015 - Book Talk: Edythe Ann Quinn

October 16, 2015 - UN Day Events

October 9, 2015 - Fall Forum: The Roosevelts' UN

October 8, 2015 - Revolutionary War Presentation with Robert Urlich

September 23, 2015 - Book Talk: David Pietrusza

September 18, 2015 - Food & Farming Film Festival

September 16, 2015 - Community Meet & Greet with Paul Sparrow

September 10, 2015 - James MacGregor Burns & FDR - Susan Dunn and Michael Beschloss

September 3, 2015 - Constitution Day Film: A More Perfect Union

August 17, 2015 - Book Talk: Kermit Roosevelt

August 14, 2015 - Social Security Web Feature Launched

July 23, 2015 - Songs for Change Concert: Josh White, Jr.

June 22, 2015 AT&T to Fund Digitization Project

June 17, 2015 - Media Alert: AT&T to Fund Digitization Project

June 11, 2015 Book Talk: Ernest Giglio

June 9, 2015 - Archivist Appoints New FDR Library Director - Paul Sparrow

May 27, 2015 - Roosevelt Reading Festival 

May 11, 2015 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

May 5, 2015 - Audio Description Guide Launched

April 24, 2015 - Book Talk: Kenneth T. Walsh

April 17, 2015 - Media Alert: Press Preview Event - The Spirit of the Gift

April 8, 2015 - Special Exhibition Opening: The Spirit of the Gift

April 2, 2015 - Hudson Valley History Reading Festival

March 31, 2015 - Panel Discussion: The Labor Movement and the New Deal 

March 23, 2015 - Book Talk: Susan Butler

March 12, 2015 - Performance: Pete Seeger: The Storm King - Live with Jeff Haynes

February 5, 2015 - Day of Remembrance Program

January 30, 2015 Virtual Tour Launched

January 29, 2015 - Presidents Day Weekend Events

January 16, 2015 - 2015 Winter Documentary Film Series

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2008

November 26, 2008 - Holiday Open House Events

October 29, 2008 - Book Talk: Curtis Roosevelt

October 14, 2008 - Book Talk: Susan Quinn

September 30, 2008 - DebateWatch 2008

September 15, 2008 - New Deal Film Festival

September 2, 2008 - Display: Constitution Day

August 15, 2008 - National Issues Forums

June 25, 2008 - Book Talk: Raymond Batvinis

June 11, 2008 - Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 14, 2008 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

March 13, 2008 - Exhibition Event: A Good Time for Beer

February 10, 2008 - Special Exhibition: "Action and Action Now": FDR's First 100 Days

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2007

December 1, 2007 - Holiday Open House Events

November 27, 2007 - Film and Discussion: Geoffrey Ward

November 20, 2007 - Book Talk: Barry Landau

November 13, 2007 - Conference: The Presidency and the Supreme Court

November 7, 2007 - Display: U.S. Constitution

September 6, 2007 - C-SPAN Presidential Libraries Series

July 12, 2007 - Become a Volunteer or Docent

June 5, 2007 - Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 11, 2007 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

March 8, 2007 - On Display: Day of Infamy Speech

February 28, 2007 - Film and Discussion: The Films of Pare Lorentz

February 15, 2007 - Presidential Timeline Online

January 25, 2007 - FDR Presidential Library Celebrates FDR@125

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2006

December 28, 2006 - President Gerald Ford Remembered

November 2, 2006 - Veteran's Day: Free Admission for Vets

November 1, 2006 - Holiday Open House Events

October 18, 2006 - Book Talk: Richard Parker

October 5, 2006 - Book Talk: Anthony Musso

September 29, 2006 - Display and Special Tours: National Archives Week

September 5, 2006 - Display: Constitution Day

June 9, 2006 - Roosevelt Reading Festival

May 19, 2006 - Book Talk: Robert Beir

May 11, 2006 - Memorial Day Weekend Events

May 1, 2006 - Poster Exhibit: WWII Conservation

April 19, 2006 - Become a Volunteer or Docent

March 6, 2006 - Poster Exhibit: WWII Women

February 10, 2006 - Book Talk: Eric Petersen

February 7, 2006 - Film and Special Program: Tuskegee Airmen

January 13, 2006 - Poster Exhibit: WWII African Americans