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Funeral Of President Roosevelt (1945) (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Jun 2018
OP
Thank you Uncle Joe! All wonderful, from a wise man with a brilliant mind. The best!
appalachiablue
Jun 2018
#11
Thank you.... lest we ever forget what a real leader of the people he was.
Thekaspervote
Jun 2018
#8
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. Thank you, Uncle Joe!
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)3. Thank you Dennis Donovan
mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)2. My dad marched with the Marine honor guard in DC.
I have an album filled with pictures taken by my mom. Amazing film. thank you.
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)4. Semper Fi mountain grammy
appalachiablue
(41,137 posts)5. Many thanks for the tribute to our great Americans leader FDR.
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)6. A few of my favorite quotes from one of our greatest Presidents
"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_164693
"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_142798
"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_138856
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_163168
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_118649
Peace to you appalachiablue
appalachiablue
(41,137 posts)11. Thank you Uncle Joe! All wonderful, from a wise man with a brilliant mind. The best!
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)12. You nailed it with that one appalachiablue
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)7. I'm curious if the only military parades in our recent past have either been
presidential funerals or victory parades?
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)9. I can't think of any lapfog but I believe the Russians have them more often
Thekaspervote
(32,770 posts)8. Thank you.... lest we ever forget what a real leader of the people he was.
History... hope for the future!!
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)10. I believe these words of FDR still hold true today
"This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_382699
Peace to you Thekaspervote