Anyone else been watching THE ROOSEVELTS on PBS this week?

[LincolnToddFan]

(09-22-2014 11:12 PM)PaigeBooth Wrote:  

(09-22-2014 09:05 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  Ahhh...there you go..BIG thanks Gene!

I should have connected that it was a New Deal program.

Hi, Toia,

Yes, my great grandfather was part of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He found work with FDR's program and, therefore, the $25 a month he sent home provided food for his mother and younger siblings. While many families probably would have starved, thanks to FDR's New Deal program, my great grandfather, his family, and many others like them were able to survive the Great Depression.

Paige,

Thanks, that is so great that your grandfather and his family were saved from annihilation by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It's really terrifying to think of the dire situation America found itself in in 1931 when FDR was elected. I read a lot of criticism of some New Deal programs as being socialist and un-American...but FDR had to do something. He demonstrated true leadership, imo.

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(09-23-2014 07:15 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 05:30 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  I've studied Franklin and Eleanor, but knew virtually nothing about Teddy Roosevelt other than that he was a bit of a wild man and a Lincoln admirer....

...and (not to forget) he watched and witnessed the funeral procession in NY - the two kids in the window: Teddy Roosevelt and his brother Elliott.

Hi Eva!

Exactly! I love that photo. The Roosevelts were/are a fascinating dynasty. I simply had no idea!