"KING TRIES HOT DOG AND ASKS FOR MORE" #FDR 's Hot Dog Summit of 1939.
"KING TRIES HOT DOG AND ASKS FOR MORE" #FDR 's Hot Dog Summit of 1939. http://goo.gl/CA3Be1 While the King reportedly ate his hot dog by hand like an American, the Queen daintily cut hers with a knife and fork.
"Although the royal visit was surely the high point of the Roosevelt's 1939 social season, the president and the king also discussed the dire political and military situation developing in Europe. Equally important to Roosevelt, however, was that the visit "changed the perceptions of the American people", which in turn allowed him to do more for Britain. When England declared war on Germany three months later, Americans, due in no small part to the King and Queen's visit, sympathized with England's plight. Britons were no longer strangers or the evil colonial rulers from the past but familiar friends and relatives with whom Americans could identify."
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ReplyDeleteGood ole FDR, I was a school ager when he was President.
ReplyDeleteL.D. Wood You certainly have seen this country go through a lot L.D.. I enjoy hearing from you.
ReplyDeleteI always liked F.D.R. had to do a report on him in school for Social Studies once. Fascinating man to read about.