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2 days ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano. His parents, who were sixth cousins, came from wealthy, established New York families—the Roosevelts, the Aspinwalls and the Delanos, respectively.
3 days ago · Learn about the origins and development of Sara D. Roosevelt Park, named after the mother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934. The park was a landmark project for the Lower East Side, offering playgrounds, pools, gardens and senior services.
2 days ago · Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T. R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
5 days ago · Is Vice President Sara Duterte the new opposition leader? Speaker Martin Romualdez said the Vice President should be the one making such an announcement, not former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.
2 days ago · Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City. Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south, Woodside to the west, and today northern Astoria ( Ditmars-Steinway) to the northwest, and East Elmhurst to the north and northeast.
5 days ago · Discover the top 10 secrets of FDR Four Freedoms Park. Learn more about the memorial to President Roosevelt on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City.
3 days ago · "My Day" is the six-day-a-week newspaper column Eleanor Roosevelt wrote from December 30, 1935, until September 26, 1962. (In 1961, at Eleanor Roosevelt's request, the column appeared every other day until September 26, 1962, when she grew too ill to work.)
